Mexico: Pronatura Noroeste approves the Octopus Fishery Management Plan

BERNARDO PEÑUELAS ALARID. THE MEXICAN. As an important achievement for the sustainability of this fishery for the benefit of the fishermen of the region, Pronatura Noroeste rates the octopus Fishery Management Plan. ENSENADA, Lower California. The Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), published the Octopus Fishery Management Plan for the East Coast of Baja California. This represents a historic achievement to strengthen this fishery in the region and an example to promote fishery management in Baja California and northwestern Mexico, according to Pronatura-Noroeste. They emphasize that this important secretarial agreement promotes the responsible use of the brown octopus (Octopus bimaculatus) and the green octopus (Octopus hubbsorum) that inhabit the Bahía de los Ángeles region and other areas of the Gulf of California. Its publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation is the result of the citizen participation process of ...