Mexico: Sader estimates capturing 7 thousand tons of tuna in the Pacific in two years

In the years 2023 and 2024, around seven thousand tons of bluefin tuna can be caught in waters under federal jurisdiction of the Pacific Ocean and marine areas that are in the Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), Sader reported in an agreement published in the DOF. In each year, 4,068 tons cannot be exceeded, he specified. He argued that the measure contributes to the recovery of the populations of that species in the IATTC Convention area, an organization that notified Mexico in October of last year that The catch limits of the Mexican fleet for 2023-2024 will be 7,307 tons. The agency pointed out that the use of tuna constitutes a fishery of national importance in terms of the economic benefit generated, its notable participation in the production of food for internal consumption and job creation, both in the extractive phase and in ...