Topics dealt with by the Federal Fisheries Council in Argentina

The meetings of the Federal Fisheries Council on Wednesday and Thursday of this week were reflected in Minute 7 that was published yesterday. For the first time in a long time, the shrimp did not occupy space, except for the approval of a selectivity test with a gear proposed by the firm Conarpesa. A summary of the squid season up to March 18 and a report on the anchovy fishery were presented. Regarding scallops, the maximum catch of one of the management units was established and concern was expressed about the failure in recruitment in recent years. Finally, the procedure manuals approved by the Fisheries Control and Supervision Directorate were presented. INIDEP presented the squid report that describes the development of the fishery up to week 11 of the season. The available data on catch, effort, biological sampling and area of operation of the Argentine jigging fleet were analyzed and the number of vessels of the foreign jigging fleet operating outside the Argentine EEZ ...