Lobster catch in Mexico decreases by 30%

ELIAS MEDINA. THE SOUTH CALIFORNIAN. This is the lowest production recorded in recent years by fishermen who work in the waters of the towns of San Juanico and Las Barrancas. LA PAZ, Baja California Sur (OEM-Informex). With a drop close to 30%, the lobster catching season on the coast of San Juanico and Las Barrancas concluded, with a production of just 20 tons compared to just over 30 the previous season. Although the National Institute of Fisheries has not reported on the possible causes of this drop in the availability of the resource, local fishermen attribute it to climate change that is causing a warming of the water, which has caused lobster to migrate for more than 5 years further north, in addition to furtive fishing that does not respect closed seasons or sizes. Because of this phenomenon, cooperative members in the region are facing a difficult economic situation that forced them to resume catching scale even before the lobster harvest ended on February 28. As this ...