Topics dealt with by the Federal Fisheries Council in Argentina
Seafood
Argentina
Published Mar 26, 2022
Tridge summary
The meetings of the Federal Fisheries Council on Wednesday and Thursday of this week were reflected in Minute 7 that was published yesterday. For the first time in a long time, the shrimp did not occupy space, except for the approval of a selectivity test with a gear proposed by the firm Conarpesa. A summary of the squid season up to March 18 and a report on the anchovy fishery were presented. Regarding scallops, the maximum catch of one of the management units was established and concern was expressed about the failure in recruitment in recent years. Finally, the procedure manuals approved by the Fisheries Control and Supervision Directorate were presented.
Original content
INIDEP presented the squid report that describes the development of the fishery up to week 11 of the season. The available data on catch, effort, biological sampling and area of operation of the Argentine jigging fleet were analyzed and the number of vessels of the foreign jigging fleet operating outside the Argentine EEZ between January 7 and 18 was estimated. of March. The analysis of the information provided by the observers on board revealed that the squid fished in January-February, small in size, mature and reproducing, correspond to the Summer Spawning Stock. As well as that since the end of February and to date, the captures made south of 47° South on the external platform fell on immature or incipiently mature specimens corresponding to the South Patagonian Stock and that simultaneously the captures in rectangle 4460 corresponded to smaller immature or maturing specimens of the North Patagonian Bonaerense Stock. Continuing with issues related to this fishery, the Council ...
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