Mexico: Shrimp ban ends in Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, and Nayarit

Published Sep 11, 2024

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico has announced the dates and areas for the commercial fishing of shrimp and other crustaceans in Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, and Nayarit. The fishing season will start on September 10 in Nayarit and end on September 25 in the southern part of Sinaloa. The closed season scheme is implemented to protect the reproduction and recruitment of the species. The Ministry will manage and regulate the sustainable exploitation of aquatic flora and fauna resources, with compliance monitoring responsibility falling on the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of the Navy.

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From September 10 to 25, commercial fishing of all species of crustacean will restart, in accordance with the closed season scheme to protect reproductive events. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) announced the dates and areas of commercial capture of all species of shrimp in the lagoon, estuarine, marsh, and bay systems of Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, and Nayarit. The calendar for the crustacean fishing period was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), which was established based on the technical opinion of the Mexican Institute for Research in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (IMIPAS). Sader reported that at 00:00 hours on September 10, shrimp fishing will begin in the lagoon, estuarine, marsh, and bay systems of Nayarit. At midnight on September 18, the capture will begin in the Magdalena-Almejas Bay lagoon system, Baja California Sur. In addition, it indicated that as of the first minute of September 25, the ban will be lifted ...

Source: MXagronoticias