They discard the capture of sea cucumber in Yucatan, Mexico

Published 2021년 7월 6일

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The article highlights the potential lack of a sea cucumber fishing season in Yucatan, Mexico, due to low biomass and poaching, which have damaged the species' natural production. This situation has led to concerns about the sustainability of fishing and the potential impact on other species. Despite the financial benefits of sea cucumber, particularly in Asia where it is valued for its therapeutic and aphrodisiac properties and fetches high prices, the activity is under scrutiny due to the risk of extinction of several species. The decision to open the season is pending further studies by the National Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, with local leaders emphasizing the need for data to ensure the availability of the species for fishing.

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JESÚS LÓPEZ. FOR THIS! The biomass of the species is scarce and poaching has damaged its production: cooperatives. Merida Yucatan. Leaders of fisheries agencies ruled out a possible opening of sea cucumber fishing due to the low production that is generated today for the register of 12 thousand Yucatecan fishermen, the reason lies in the fact that the biomass of the sea cucumber is scarce and poaching it has harmed their natural production. “In Yucatan, fishing marked a before and after that the eyes of businessmen focused on the sea cucumber; It was in 2010 that, with legal and illegal fishing, several producers realized the high value of this specimen, above lobster and octopus, so that several permit holders began to grow in a disorderly manner and, in the absence of of human resources in Yucatán, foreign people arrived who to this day are dedicated to this practice ”, declared José Luis Carrillo Galaz, president of the Mexican Confederation of Fishing and Aquaculture ...

Source: Inforural