Mexico: Ban lifted on all shrimp species on coastlines of the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California

Today, Wednesday, September 13, 2023, the Agreement for the lifting of the temporary ban on all existing shrimp species in the marine waters of federal jurisdiction of the Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf, was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF). of California and in the estuarine lagoon systems, marshes and bays of the states of Baja California Sur, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora, which begins the 2023-2024 fishing season in waters under federal jurisdiction on the coast of the Pacific Ocean . The Agreement indicates that the use of the species comes into force for small vessels as of 00:00 hours on the date of its publication in the lagoon systems of the state of Nayarit. In Baja California Sur, the prohibition of catches for coastal fishermen ends at 00:00 on September 14 in the main body of the Bahía Magdalena-Bahía Almejas system and, at 00:00 on September 25, in the channels and estuaries adjacent to Puerto Adolfo López Mateos. Regarding Sinaloa, the ban ...