Mexico: Closures of fishing areas to protect against illegal trafficking of totoaba

Published 2021년 7월 19일

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Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in partnership with the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca), has introduced new measures to safeguard the endemic vaquita porpoise and combat illegal totoaba traffic in the northern Gulf of California. These measures, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, introduce new indicators, triggers, and actions for monitoring fishing activities, respecting Ground Zero in the Upper Gulf of California, and may lead to temporary fishery closures. The regulations aim to support the conservation of endangered species like the vaquita porpoise and totoaba, and are a result of international sustainability agreements and collaborations with various institutions and organizations.

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Sustainability actions in the different fisheries for the preservation of this endemic species and the fight against the illegal traffic of totoaba Mexico City, July 19, 2021.— In order to protect the vaquita porpoise in its habitat, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca), defined new indicators, triggers and actions for the verification, surveillance and supervision of fishing activities of smaller and larger vessels in the northern Gulf of California. The federal agency published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) the Agreement establishing the indicators, triggering factors and predetermined actions, in accordance with article seventeen of the provision that regulates gear, systems, methods , techniques and schedules for carrying out fishing activities with smaller and larger vessels in Mexican marine areas in the northern Gulf of California and landing sites are established, as ...

Source: MX2000