Puerto Peñasco, like much of the northwestern coast of Mexico still reeling from a decline in the fishing industry, is getting a makeover. The city, 60 miles south of Mexico's border with Arizona, is increasingly better known for its designer golf courses than for the 850 tons of shrimp it pulled into its harbors last year. But as investors pour millions of dollars into luxury vacation developments, many worry that the rush to cash in on tourism could destroy the unique desert-marine environment....

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It's a secret obfuscated with many names. People in Arizona refer to the Mexican city of Puerto Peñasco as Rocky Point, its English translation. The name in either version refers to a Gibraltar-like rock outcropping that punctuates two long stretches of beach.