Mexico Shrimp Ban Begins in Pacific Waters Analia Murias - FIS Mexico
go to original March 15, 2012

Shrimp trawlers at port. (Conapesca, Sagarpa)

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) has ordered the ban on fishing for all shrimp species existing in the marine waters under federal jurisdiction of the Pacific Ocean starting Wednesday, March 15th.

The affected area includes marine waters, estuary lagoon systems, marshes and bays of the states of Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima.

This measure will protect the reproductive process and the growth of populations of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), blue shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris), yellowleg shrimp (Farfantepenaeus californiensis), Western white shrimp (Litopenaeus occidentalis), crystal shrimp (Farfantepenaeus brevirostris) Pacific seabob (Xiphopenaeus riveti), rock shrimp (Sicyonia disdorsalis and S. penicillata), Indio shrimp (Trachypenaeus faoe), royal red shrimp (Pleoticus robustus) and ‘botalón’ shrimp (Trachypenaus pacificus).

In Alto Golfo de California and in the gulf of Tehuantepec the ban will begin on 26 March, 2012.

In Alto Golfo de California, shrimp catches are banned in marine waters north of the imaginary line connecting the points located at the geographic coordinates 31° 02'38" north latitude, 114° 48'42" west longitude at the port San Felipe (Baja California), with the geographic point at coordinates 31° 18'13" north latitude and 113º 33'09" west longitude in Peñasco Port (Sonora).

In the Gulf of Tehuantepec crustaceans can not be caught in the area that starts at the point located at the geographic coordinates 16º 01'10" north latitude, 95° 22'03" west longitude, in Punta Chipehua (Oaxaca), and following an imaginary line on the meridian, to the limit of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Mexico, and from this point on the boundary of the EEZ to the boundary with the border of Guatemala.

The ban was decided on the basis of biological-fishery studies on the status of the specimens carried out by the National Fisheries Institute (Inapesca).

The National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca) will monitor the compliance with new regulations, in coordination with the Navy Department and the staff of Sagarpa delegations located in the coastal entities.

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