Sader publishes closed periods and zones for shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea

2000Agro/Editorial The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) reported the closed seasons and areas for commercial fishing of all species of shrimp in marine and coastal waters. the estuarine lagoon systems of federal jurisdiction of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea for this year. He specified that in On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea there are three main zones of shrimp exploitation: northern Gulf of Mexico, made up of Tamaulipas and Veracruz, where the main species is the brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus). Furthermore, that of the Campeche Sound, which includes Tabasco and Campeche, in which pink shrimp species (Penaeus duorarum), coffee (P. aztecus), white (Litopenaeus setiferus) and seven beards (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri), and the Mexican Caribbean, which includes the Contoy fishing grounds in Quintana Roo, where the most important species are red shrimp (Penaeus brasiliensis) and rock shrimp (Sicyonia brevirostris). He stressed that ...