Shrimp production in Mexico falls 40%

Published 2021년 2월 4일

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The shrimp fishing industry in Campeche, Mexico, is facing a significant decline in production, with a 40% drop in 2021 compared to the previous year. This decline, which has been worsened by the elimination of fuel subsidies by the federal government, has led to a complicated year for the sector. Despite challenges such as cold fronts and the need for inspection and surveillance, the industry passed a verification review by the Department of State and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States. Authorities are committed to continuing efforts to ensure ecologically sustainable fishing practices and compliance with sea turtle protection measures.

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NEWS FROM CAMPECHE. Even though 87 high-altitude shrimp boats are active in the Campeche Sound, the crustacean catches are plummeting with 40 percent less production and in this first month of 2021, the situation continues to decline, said the president of the Chamber National of the Fishing and Aquaculture Industry (Canainpesca), Francisco Romellón Herrera. In an interview, the leader of the industrial fishing shipowners in Campeche stated that 2020 was in itself a very bad year for the high seas shrimp activity, since the production of the crustacean practically reached the ground, regardless of what the sector is going through due to general problems with the current federal government, since it completely eliminated all the benefits that the offshore and shoreline fleet had, such as the fuel subsidy, which was not included in the federal budget of the present 2021. Romellón Herrera pointed out in that sense that the shrimp and fishing sector in general will have this 2021 a ...

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