Argentina: They did not find commercial shrimp in subarea 12 and they ask to prospect to the north

Before the three days of prospecting were completed in the western sector of subarea 12, it was decided to close it due to the high presence of hake and juvenile shrimp. The business sector has already sent requests for new prospecting in subareas 4 and 7 to the Federal Fisheries Council, which meets today and tomorrow, for approval. Fishing in the authorized areas continues with good yields, but some suspect that with an accelerated displacement towards the northern sector. To know in detail the situation of the resource, it will be necessary to wait for the shrimp campaign to be carried out, suspended last week, due to the breakdown of the Angelescu ship on a trip made by officials to the Uruguayan city of Montevideo. Now they expect the ship Mar Argentino to return from the corvina campaign to be able to carry it out with that vessel, although it is ruled out that it will not be able to meet all the objectives set out in the initial plan (see The negligence of the fishing ...