Mexico: Dates and closed areas for minor pelagics published in the Gulf of California

2000Agro/Editorial With In order to protect the fishery in the 2023-2024 fishing season, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) announced the times and closed areas for the capture of all minor pelagic species in the Gulf of California. In the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the federal agency published that the measure will also avoid discards sardine in the juvenile stage and will help minimize possible effects to the coastal pelagic ecosystem of the fishing areas within the Gulf of California. For guarantee the temporary restriction of capture and based on technical opinion of the Mexican Institute for Research in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (IMIPAS), public good in charge of the permanent monitoring and study of this fishery, in the marine waters of federal jurisdiction of the Gulf of California Two fishing zones were established. The The first ban is for fishing vessels with a base port in Sonora, where it will start from 00:00 on August ...