Brazil: Lobster fishing remains confusing and worries the sector

Published 2023년 12월 19일

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The lobster fishing fleet in Brazil is concentrated in Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, employing over 12,000 fishermen and contributing significantly to the country's fish exports. However, there are challenges with delays in fishing registrations, lack of regulation for fishing with compressors, and inadequate inspection of production. The Ministry of Fisheries is planning to discuss new fishing regulations, including changes in minimum size regulations and better governance of the activity at a meeting of the Permanent Lobster Management Committee in December.

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According to data from the General Fisheries Registry, from the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA), the lobster fishing fleet in Brazil is mainly concentrated in Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte and uses around 3,000 legal artisanal vessels, promoting employment for more than 12 thousand fishermen. It is of utmost social and economic importance to discuss new policies on lobster fishing, the production responsible for the main item on Brazil's fish export agenda. In 2022, exports of frozen and non-frozen lobster totaled US＄83.15 million (approximately R＄403.2 million), according to foreign trade statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa). Large delays in fishing registrations and authorizations - RAEPs, which for years have been maintained through postponements of validity, via delivery and protocol of renewal requests, without there being, in fact, analysis of the processes and verification of compliance with the linked obligations to authorizations. ...

Source: Portal Do Agronegocio