Alfonsina Reimagines Seafood Sourcing in Oaxaca

Efforts to create a more responsible fisheries in the state.

Ballesta and Chabela. Photo: Alan Chalpa.

Alfonsina’s Jorge León found it odd that tuna has become the big thing in Oaxacan restaurants. There is no tuna being caught off the coast of Oaxaca. Mexican tuna comes from Ensenada, from Baja California. While the fish looked great and arrived in pristine condition, he wondered why it had to be flown in when th…