Argentina and Uruguay agree on temporary ban to hake fishing

Published 2022년 7월 7일

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The Joint Technical Commission of Argentina and Uruguay has imposed a temporary ban on hake fishing from July 1 to September 30, 2022, in a specific area of the Atlantic Ocean to protect the concentration of juvenile hake specimens. The ban is part of an effort to promote the rational exploitation of the hake species through the creation of closed areas that protect juvenile concentrations in the Common Fishing Zone. The decision was made under the Treaty of the River Plate and its Maritime Front, in response to economic and environmental losses from overfishing in Argentina.

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The Joint Technical Commission of the Maritime Front of Argentina and Uruguay has issued a temporary ban on hake catching due to the “concentration of juvenile specimens” that “it is necessary to protect,” it was announced Wednesday. The measure will be in force during the entire third quarter of 2022 in a specific area of the Atlantic Ocean delimited by five geographical points off the Uruguayan Atlantic coast. The resolution prohibits ”from July 1 to September 30, 2022, inclusive, the fishing of the species hake (Merluccius hubbsi), as well as the use of all types of bottom fishing gear” in the area comprised by the crossings between the parallel 35°03′ south latitude (S) and the meridian 52°53 west longitude (W); 35°18'S and 52°30'W; 36°27'S and 53°45'W; 36°54'S and 54°12'W; and, finally 36°31'S and 54°36'W. Failure to abide by this decision shall be regarded as “a serious non-compliance,” it was explained. The ban aims at contributing to the ”rational exploitation of the hake ...

Source: MercoPress