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Image: Revista Puerto / FIS
Good Shrimp Catches Continue in the Season
ARGENTINA
Monday, July 22, 2024, 01:00 (GMT + 9)
Almost the entire fleet is concentrated in the northern half of the hake closed area, with good yields and good size of specimens, although the majority are of size L2, which has less demand in the market. The sector requests a Commission meeting, but the return of the campaign researchers and the end of the CFP recess would be expected.
The shrimp (Pleoticus Muelleri) season in national waters within the hake ban is presented this year with better yields and catch rates than last year. 105 thousand tons have been unloaded throughout the year, of which about 60 thousand were captured between the end of May and mid-July, while last year in that period about 45 thousand tons had been captured.
The vast majority of the fleet is concentrated between subareas 7 and 12, in the extreme south of the first and the extreme north of the second, with good performances similar to those reported in the latest INIDEP reports, but without the presence of large concentrations that reached 6 thousand tons per day in some subareas.
The returns are much more modest, but still good. According to reports from the fleet in subareas 7 and 12, a volume similar to that achieved days ago in subarea 11 is being lifted, which according to INIDEP was in the order of 4 thousand kilos per hour.
Source: Revista Puerto / Wiki / FIS
In subarea 11, on the other hand, where a small group of boats is concentrated, yields in recent days have fallen by almost half and with a greater presence of juveniles, so their evolution is carefully observed to determine if it can remain open or must be closed as a precaution.
Perhaps that is why on Thursday the part of the fleet that was in this subarea located between quadrants 4462 and 4463 moved towards the east, over subarea 14. The rest of the fleet concentrated further north also began to slowly disperse, over the entire subarea 7.
The sizes found in the most productive subareas are mainly L2, a type of product that has not registered so much demand this year and the sector is concerned about the lack of definition from the authorities regarding the possibility of increasing the processing limit for shrimp tails. on board, which would allow them to improve sales.
Source: CAPEAR ALFA
It is precisely for this reason that the business chambers and independent companies such as Conarpesa have asked the Federal Fisheries Council last week to convene the Monitoring Commission to define, among others, this issue.
Conarpesa specifically raised the need to review “the tolerance of headless, broken and undersized shrimp” and CAPeCA requested an urgent hearing, “due to the resolutions and decisions that are being taken, which we consider harm the activity.” fishing industry and to companies directly”, the percentage of queues being one of them.
Although the Council did not respond to the requests of the actors in the sector, the call would be made after the winter break and once the INIDEP researchers finish the ongoing research campaign, given that their presence is key to defining the impact. that the requests made by business owners could have.
Source: Revista Puerto (Translated from the original in Spanish)
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