Argentina: Cedepesca says that shrimp certification is closer
Frozen Common Shrimp & Prawn
Argentina
Published Jun 28, 2022
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From Cedepesca they assured that the shrimp fishery certification process "is several steps closer", in a statement sent by the environmental entity last Friday, after analyzing a series of events that occurred in recent weeks, when the new harvest in national waters within the permanent closed area for juvenile hake.
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Cedepesca pondered that INIDEP had developed a limit reference point, that the Federal Fisheries Council incorporated an abundance criterion in the decision to open and close zones and that, from the Undersecretary of Fisheries, through its Supervision Directorate, they have achieved almost total coverage in discharge inspections. "All these developments strengthen the prospects of having a sustainable shrimp stock and, therefore, significantly increase the probability of obtaining international recognition that the European and United States markets increasingly require, through independent certification" , remarked the civil organization through a statement. They celebrate that INIDEP has proposed “in its Research Report 50/2022 an abundance reference point that would serve as a trigger threshold for the implementation of immediate measures to reduce fishing effort, to be defined by the Federal Fisheries Council. Said point consists of taking 60% of the average number of prawns ...
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