Mexico: Progreso fishermen prepare to put an end to the grouper ban

Published Mar 30, 2022

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The port of Progreso in Yucatan, Mexico, is preparing for the 2022-2023 grouper fishing season, with over 4,000 seamen expected to return to sea on April 1. The goal is to catch 6,000 tons of grouper, exceeding the previous cycle's record of 5,300 tons and reaching historical high prices. However, the sector faces challenges such as increased costs for supplies and tools, economic threats from poaching, and overcrowding in the fishing areas. The grouper season is crucial for the economy of Yucatan, which contributes the largest volume to Mexico's national production, with a notable peak in the 1970s.

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JESUS LOPEZ. FOR THIS! Around 4,000 seamen will return to their boats this Friday, April 1, so it is expected that more than 500 ships will set sail from the sheltered port in search of grouper. PROGRESS, Yucatan. The fishing sector of the port of Progreso has begun preparations for the 2022-2023 grouper season, where the goal was to reach 6,000 tons and exceed that of the last cycle, where 5,300 tons of this fish were obtained. copy that also reached a historical price, 310 pesos for the "black" and 270 for the "red" type. Around 4,000 fishermen returned to their boats, the same ones that only in the field of major navigation are estimated around 500 ships that these days will be "armed" to be able to set sail for the high seas on Friday, April 1, the day on which the the ban on the grouper In the case of the port of shelter, from 08:00 a long line was formed at the only access control post to pass the filter, in charge of personnel from the National Port System Administration ...

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