Mexico: Shrimp ban ends in Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, and Nayarit

2000Agro/Redacción The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) announced the dates and areas of commercial capture of all species of shrimp in the lagoon, estuarine, marsh and bay systems of Baja California Sur, Sinaloa and Nayarit. In the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) it published the calendar of the fishing period for the crustacean, which was established based on the technical opinion of the Mexican Institute of Research in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (IMIPAS). The Sader reported that at 00:00 hours on September 10, shrimp fishing will begin in the lagoon, estuarine, marsh and bay systems of Nayarit. While at midnight on September 18, the capture will begin in the Bahía Magdalena-Almejas lagoon system, Baja California Sur. In addition, he indicated that starting at the first minute of September 25, the ban will be lifted in the lagoon and estuarine systems of southern Sinaloa. The temporary ban aims to protect the reproduction and ...