El Salvador temporarily prohibits shrimp extraction for its protection

EFE.- The authorities of El Salvador announced this Monday a ban on the extraction of marine shrimp for the "protection of the development and sustainable maintenance" of this resource, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG). The ban will be applied between May 2 and 31, since it will be its period of greatest reproduction, according to the institution in a press release. We invite you to follow us on Twitter He indicated that in this period there is also the "growth of marine shrimp and the ecosystems where they live", so the ban is a measure to "ensure their recovery and sustainability." He added that the establishment of these dates was achieved through a consensus with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the National Council for Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Maritime Port Authority (AMP). The MAG pointed out that fishing production is one of the "economic pillars of El Salvador, with the generation of more than 35,000 direct jobs", ...