Mexican Shrimp Processors in Sinaloa, Sonora Want to Delay Season to Give Stocks Time to Grow
Some of Mexico’s shrimp processors operating off the Pacific Coasts in Sinaloa and Sonora want fishery authorities to delay the start to the season to give the stock time to grow out to a more marketable size. A stock assessment conducted on the fisheries found both brown and white shrimp were in a small to medium sized range. This prompted processors to ask officials to push the season’s start date past September 9 to as late as October. Mexico’s fishery officials with CONAPESA are now expected to hold a meeting to set an official start date.
A report by Peruvian scientist Ken Takahashi suggests that despite record global temperatures this year, and a developing El Nino, the conditions that caused super El Nino's in 1982-3 and 1997-98 may not be developing this year. Takahashi basis his theory on easterly trade winds in the central Pacific and how they compare to extreme El Nino events. "Although several climate models are predicting a very strong El Niño, due to their common errors, we cannot fully trust them. Perhaps the only reliable rule is that El Niño can surprise us, and this year could be yet another example,” Takahasi said.
In other news NMFS has set fall allocations for pacific cod for the Bering Sea’s smaller catcher vessels. Beginning Sept. 1, vessels less than 60 feet using hook and line gear or pot gear can catch about 1,318 metric tons of cod transferred from the jig fleet, and 424 metric tons transferred from catcher vessels longer than 60 feet.
Finally, China’s Zhangzidao plans to raise $227 million through private placement to develop its marine broodstock sector and the e-commerce business. The major seafood company’s ultimate plan it to create an operation that will handle seafood cultivation, aquaculture and promotion of high-quality aquatic products.
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