It’s 10 am and I’m on a small blue boat skimming across the Sea of Cortez just off the coast of La Paz, Baja California Sur in Mexico. The water is clear and calm and there’s not a cloud in the sky.

The large biological reserves located in La Paz, Baja California Sur in northern Mexico have made this destination one of the most significant for ecotourism and its proximity to the United States has ...