Alert for fishing blockade to Mexico

Published 2020년 5월 25일

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The article highlights a potential economic threat to Mexican fishery companies, particularly those involved in the shrimp industry, due to the United States imposing a blockade on imports from the Upper Gulf of California. This action is in response to the Mexican government's failure to implement measures to combat illegal fishing and the mortality of the endangered vaquita porpoise. The ban was initiated following a 2018 lawsuit by environmental organizations and reinforces the need for comparability in fishing practices. If not addressed urgently, the ban could extend to other fish species and areas, severely impacting Mexican export revenues from shrimp, which make up 80% of total shipments.

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The blockade on the importation of Mexican fishery products imposed by the United States will sink companies in the sector if the government does not immediately implement actions. According to the notification from the United States, released earlier this year, as of April 3, imports of shrimp, sardines, milkfish, sierra, herring, mackerel, anchovies and curvina from the Upper Gulf of California were prohibited. . This is because the United States National Fisheries Service (NMFS) considered that the Mexican Government failed to implement programs and regulations to combat illegal fishing and mortality of the vaquita porpoise, an endangered species that inhabits said area. "The Mexican government is not acting and as long as it does not initiate formal, firm efforts to achieve comparability in everything that is being asked for, they will leave us as the country in the bottom of the list," said David Castro, director general of the Manta Bay company and president of the Mexican ...

Source: MXagronoticias