Oceana: The fight against illegal fishing in Mexico is deficient

2000Agro/Editorial The civil organization Oceana, dedicated to protecting the oceans, denounced that the Government of Mexico does not do enough to combat illegal fishing and in the last six-year term significantly reduced personnel, travel routes inspection and surveillance, as well as seizures and people detained for this activity. The Commission National Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca) recognizes that illegal fishing represents 40 percent of the catch of fishery products, but Oceana identified that its actions to combat it serve less than 1 percent of the problem. The organization presented its report “Illegal fishing in Mexico: Solutions from the fishing policy”, in which it compares two periods: the first from 2009-2014, when the Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF) evaluated the policy fishing, and the second within the current administration of 2018-2023. Of this analysis, Oceana reveals that withholdings of fishery products for fishing illegal activity fell 75 ...