Seven new management plans will be added to the three that have been updated this year, and that operate and impact on the sector activities in territorial and patrimony waters of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea.
The Director General of Fisheries and Aquaculture Management of the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission (CONAPESCA), Victor Arriaga Haro, reported that so far this year the Fishery Management Plans that have been published are those for three-rowed sea cucumber (Isostichopus badionotus) and Florida sea cucumber (Holothuria floridana) in the Yucatan Peninsula and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) of the Gulf of Mexico.
Those under review process by the National Fisheries Institute (INAPESCA) for publication are the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and brown crab (C. rathbunae) fisheries in Tamaulipas and Veracruz; geoduck (Panopea sp.) in Baja California Sur, Sonora and Sinaloa, and spiny lobster (Panulirus sp.) on the peninsula of Baja California.
In addition, the plan for the American cupped oyster or eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in the Gulf of Mexico and abalone (Haliotis spp.) on the west coast of Baja California, said Arriaga Haro during the ordinary session of Working Groups of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Council.
These fisheries and aquaculture management actions implemented by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) are added to the updated management plans for the red grouper (Epinephelus morio) and associated species in the Yucatan Peninsula and the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Pacific Ocean.
Furthermore, the crab (Callinectes spp.) in Sinaloa and Sonora, giant squid (Dosidicus gigas) in northwestern Mexico, mullet (Mugil cephalus) and white mullet (Mugil curema) in Tamaulipas and Veracruz, the seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) in Campeche and Tabasco, pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum) in Campeche and octopus (O. maya and O. vulgaris) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, among others.
CONAPESCA reported that during the meeting several fisheries leaders recognized, in their speeches, the reorganization actions undertaken by the federal Government in Mexican fisheries and aquaculture.
They pointed out that the public policies and tools that have been made available to the sector have potentiated their activities, improved fishermen and farmers’ income, and generated more jobs.
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