Mexico: Acceptable catch of 1,800 kg of grouper

YUCATÁN DIARY. They get ready the boats that will leave for lobster and octopus. PROGRESO, Yucatán. After traveling for 18 to 21 days, the boats with regular catch of grouper return to the Yucalpetén docks. Because there is a good price for this species, the boats set sail again to fish. The "Packer" arrived yesterday Friday with 1,800 kilos of red and black grouper. The crew said they had good fishing, they left for expenses and to go on another trip, so next week they will supply the boat to set sail in early July. Until yesterday prices were maintained: a kilo of grouper, at $ 190 and that of black, $ 230. The “Packer” brought a ton of negrillo, so they left to pay the operating expenses of the ship that spent three weeks at sea working north of eastern Yucatán. Other boats brought similar catches and others, 1,500 kilos, which for the boat owners is acceptable and as long as the prices of the red and black grouper are maintained, they will work, they will not moor the boats. ...