FAO experts will this week accompany the authorities of the National Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (CONAPESCA) in a technical mission in various forums with entrepreneurs and coastal fishermen, as part of the actions of the federal government to strengthen the sustainable shrimp fishery management in the northern Pacific region.
Marcelo Vasconcellos, fisheries officer of FAO Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Rome, Italy; José Javier Alió Mingo, international expert in shrimp fishery; Francisco Arreguín Sanchez, national specialist in shrimp fishery assessment and management are part of this technical mission.
CONAPESCA head, Mario Aguilar Sanchez, welcomed the presence of Fernando Soto Baquero, FAO representative in Mexico, noting that the shrimp fishery is one of the most important ones in Mexico due to its value and the jobs it generates. In addition, he stressed that is carried out in an orderly manner, while recognizing that there are challenges to solve in order to strengthen it.
Aguilar Sanchez expressed that the efforts made so that it remains a sustainable fishery and the benefits last for the children and grandchildren of today’s fishermen, indicate that it is going in the right direction.
Meanwhile, Soto Baquero said the FAO mission aims to provide the best international experience that will be adapted to Mexican reality so as to contribute to a better shrimp fishery management, which is the most significant in the country.
The FAO representative in Mexico praised CONAPESCA for including in these forums all the stakeholders in the fisheries sector.
“It is a really inclusive work practice, in which all the actors who are in the fishing industry participate, ant it is the only to get to public policies that effectively respond to producers’ interests,” pointed out FAO official.
In the discussion that started on Monday included representatives of the major actors in the sector: the National Chamber of Fishing Industry (CANAINPESCA); Shipowners Union of the Mexican Pacific, the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (CONACOOP); the Mexican Confederation of Fisheries Cooperatives (CONMECOOP) as well as leaders of federations and unions of Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California and Baja California Sur.
FAO’s technical mission will continue with these regional workshops with actors in the shrimp sector in the states of Sonora and Baja California Sur.
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