Students Form Human Fish on Mazatlán Beach

by Maureen Dietrich on 7 Feb 14
mazmessenger.com

2,000 primary, secondary and university students gathered below the Seal Monument to form the outline of a giant fish in the sand.

Yesterday, as the tide receded on the beach along the Malecón, approximately 2,000 primary, secondary and university students gathered below the Seal Monument to form the outline of a giant fish in the sand.
The project was an SOS signal to businesses, institutions and the community to safeguard the marine environment.

The concentration of more than 2,000 students from 37 educational institutions took walkers along the Malecón and drivers by surprise.

Humberto Jiménez Berruecos, organizer of the project and an environmental program entitled Acuariofilia, said the idea is to foment awareness among students to safeguard the environment from contamination, to care for flora and fauna on land and in the sea.

His association attends schools offering a program to teach about recycling, contamination, care of turtles and how to maintain the ecosystem.

All the students who helped form the 88 meters long by 22 meters wide fish outline yesterday were there, he said, because they are interested in the environment and enjoy the participating in the project.

(from El Debate and Noroeste)