Mexico: Conapesca announces end of closure of various seafood species from this month

SADER PRESS RELEASE. Producers in marine waters, riverside and reservoirs are preparing for the lifting of closures established in areas of federal jurisdiction. Fishing for tilapia, catfish, bass, carp, red sea urchin, white and black bass and lobster from the Gulf of Mexico will be reactivated in some areas. The National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission (Conapesca) reported that the harvest season in marine and inland waters under federal jurisdiction has started for different species of importance due to their high nutritional value and low cost, for the benefit of coastal communities and domestic markets. and external. In this way, coastal producers of marine waters, lagoons and reservoirs of dams prepare for the lifting of the corresponding fixed temporary closures. This Sunday the 20th concludes the ban for species such as carp, bass, tilapia and catfish in the Zimapán dam, located on the limits of the states of Hidalgo and Querétaro. While in the reservoirs of the ...