Historic decline in Yucatan fisheries of Mexico

REPORTERS TODAY. Merida Yucatan. The president of the Federation of Cooperative Fisheries Societies of the Center and West of Yucatán, José Luis Carrillo Galaz, assured that the octopus, grouper and lobster fisheries had the most important drop in catch volumes that has ever been seen, therefore affirmed that all will conclude below the captures established by the federal authorities. “In the octopus there were 13 thousand tons, well below the 34 thousand of last year and well below what was established as the maximum utilization that was 18 thousand. Those 13 thousand represent a 60% decrease in the catch, which leaves us in the worst octopus harvest season in history, ”he said. In the case of grouper, he said that there has been a capture of 5,400 tons of the product so far, which represents about 500 tons less than the previous season, while the price, he continued, also had a 50% reduction, prior at the beginning of the closure, next February. Regarding lobster, the catch of ...