Record price of lobster in Yucatan, Mexico

Published Nov 16, 2021

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The lobster fishing season in Yucatán, Mexico, which runs from July 1 to February 28, 2022, is experiencing a rare high price for lobster tails, reaching $800 per kilo due to low catch and strong demand, particularly in the Mexican Caribbean tourism industry. Since the season's start, around 350 tons of lobster have been caught, leaving a goal of 600 tons unfilled. This season has been notably beneficial for the region's fishermen, with over 2,000 individuals engaged in lobster fishing across 513 small and 27 larger boats, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic in previous years.

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YUCATÁN DIARY. They have already caught about 350 tons, out of the goal of 600. The kilo of crustacean tails reaches $ 800, due to the low catch and high demand. PROGRESO, Yucatán. Four months into the lobster fishing season, which runs from July 1 to February 28, 2022, the kilo of crustacean tails reached the record price of $ 800, reported José Luis Carrillo Galaz, president of the Regional Federation of Cooperativas Pesqueras del Centro y Poniente de Yucatán. At the beginning of the 2021-2022 lobster season, the kilo was paid at $ 620, but in the third week of July it rose by $ 100. Carrillo Galaz affirmed that since last October, the kilo of the crustacean has been priced at $ 800 and that this is a record price for lobster and represents benefits for the fishermen of the boats of the larger fleet that work in the vicinity of the Alacranes Reef and for the riverside of the eastern ports of Yucatan. Likewise, the manager indicated that in the four months of the season some 350 ...

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