Shrimp exports are at risk | Photo: Rolando Salazar | The Sun of MazatlanPhoto: Rolando Salazar | El Sol de Mazatlán

No response, shrimp shipowners from southern Sinaloa

MEXICO
Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 10:00 (GMT + 9)

With the risk of international export of Mexican shrimp and the lack of government support, the activity could be ended

Mazatlán, Sin.- The terrible and poor actions of the federal government authorities have put at risk the international certification of shrimp from the high seas, which would be the end of the export, both from Sinaloa and the entire country, lamented Jesús Omar Lizárraga Manjarrez.

The leader of the Union of Shipowners of the Pacific Coast calls on the federal government to support the national fishing sector and intervene in the matter, since exports represent 70% of production each season.

He warned that with unsolvable problems ignored for more than three years, the Mexican fishing situation is approaching the brink of extinction.

He stated that this primary activity, one of the foundations of the Mexican economy, today is about to completely disappear, however this process could accelerate with international desertification on May 1.

“Until today there is no positive answer to the different problems that the national fisheries currently has. Even more have been added, such as the possible decertification of shrimp from the high seas for next May 1 ”, he said.

Photo: Rolando Salazar | The Sun of Mazatlan

Lizárraga Manjarrez recalled that every year, on May 1, the United States performs an evaluation of the product that enters its territory, so it is necessary to have a quality certification, otherwise it will take 30 days for the permit to be revoked. export, losing this important customer.

"If this evaluation were not satisfactory for Mexico, the decertification would take effect in June, the date on which shrimp from the high seas could no longer be exported to the United States, which would be very serious," he explained.

Photo: Rolando Salazar | The Sun of Mazatlan

He pointed out that the reasons that have led to this alert have been the lack of awareness of good practices and good customs in the different fisheries, since the authorities suspended the training in 2019, as well as the much-demanded lack of inspection and surveillance , since in times of closure it was quite common for illegal fishing to occur.

“Since 2019, the authority stopped providing training on excluder devices, therefore also the issue of raising awareness of good practices and good customs in the different fisheries. The lack of inspection and vigilance that these good practices will be carried out is also a precedent,” he indicated.

Author: Marimar Toledo / The Sun of Mazatlán

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