Volume 70
Shrimp Fishery Bycatch in the Bay of Campeche. Is it a Problem?
Authors
Wakida-Kusunoki, A.T;C.QuirogaBrahms;R.RamosHernández;J.RamosMiranda Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2017
Pages: 406-407
Event: Proceedings of the Seventy Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Merida, Yucatan
Country: México
Abstract
Information from shrimp fishery observers program of was analyzed. It recorded discard and retained bycatch from pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum) fishery in the Bay of Campeche during the 2016-2017 fishing season. 578 trawls were analyzed. We obtained estimates of shrimp catch, retained bycatch (RB) and discard bycatch (BD) rates of fishing season. The RB was 15.17% ± 1.57 (SE) and DB was 52.56 % ± 2.04. Months with the highest RB and DB values were December 2016 and January 2017. The fishing season rate of shrimp catch- bycatch ratio was 1: 3.93. 82 species were reg-ister in DB and 39 species in RB. Results show us that shrimp catch: bycatch rates found are low compared with other re-gions of the world. This situation is possibly result of adequate use of try net, the turtle excluder devices use, the empirical knowledge of the captains and the implementation of closed season.