Argentina: Shrimp, scallops, and black hake in the Federal Fisheries Council

The Federal Fisheries Council met for three days to address issues related to fishing activity. In addition to administrative issues such as project renewal, distribution of the hubbsi hake reserve among the requesting vessels and the presentation of shrimp catch data, a summary of the issues discussed during the meeting of the Scallop Monitoring Commission and the Black Hake Campaign Plan were presented as the most important points. Another matter of greater importance that was discussed was the renewal of quotas, but there are no known minutes of these meetings; it is known that they are discussing the values of the fee and the sole extraction rights but everything is done behind closed doors. This year, shrimp only give good news from the biological point of view. The latest report presented by INIDEP on the dynamics of the fishery in recent weeks indicates that between July 22 and August 4, the catch per unit of effort (CPUE) was 4,743 kilos per hour, which is 138% higher than ...