Mexico’s National Commission for Aquaculture and Fisheries established four new fishing refuge zones this fall, two of which are located along Yucatán’s northern coast. The temporary protected areas aim to rebuild populations of commercially valuable species while allowing limited traditional fishing. The refuges in Telchac Puerto and Chuburná will protect octopus, lobster, red grouper, sea…
The 2025 lobster season in Yucatán has begun, marking the start of an eight-month harvest period that will employ approximately 2,000 local fishermen and generate hundreds of millions of pesos for the state’s economy. Carlos Berlín Montero, head of the State Representation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), announced Wednesday that the…
Fishing boats are fishing boats. Some differences in beam and length, draw and height, construction material, and means of propulsion, but basically, they take you to the fish. However, when it comes to fly fishing, there is a clear-cut difference between a drift boat on a trout river and a tarpon boat in the mangroves….
Mexico’s consumer protection agency (Profeco) warns that customers purchasing seafood from markets and restaurants may not be getting what they paid for. Popular species of fish such as grouper and tilapia are often substituted for other less expensive varieties. To avoid getting ripped off, Profeco recommends eating and buying at establishments that display the fish…
Officially, Yucatan’s grouper fishing season began on April 1, after its catch was prohibited in February and March. Under normal conditions, almost every boat would have launched in search of the prized fish. But coronavirus health contingencies have slowed the start of the season. Fishermen told Punto Medio that between five and 10 ships out…
Even before the octopus season ends Dec. 15, some fishermen are already packing their nets, calling it the “worst in history.” Some haven’t even broke even to cover their costs to take their boats out tot the Gulf of Mexico, Punto Medio reports. Preliminary figures indicate that pulpo catches are down 50% this year, totaling…
At least two armed robberies every month have been reported by fishermen off the coast of Yucatan this year.
Document signed at Boston seafood show.
Every night, 22 volunteers search for hidden fishing nets that kill vaquitas.
Grouper season is over, and a festival to support the fishing villages has begun.
The norte that surprised dozens of boats on the high seas.
Three fisherman have failed to return home from an expedition after getting caught in Wednesday’s storm.
Fisheries have asked federal police to protect refrigerated freight trucks transporting seafood from Yucatán to central Mexico.
A Bulgarian journalist took a deep dive into the world of black-market Yucatán sea cucumbers, a lucrative, high-demand export that has been linked to corruption, violence and drug use in fishing villages.
The Gulf’s declining fish population will be studied by 400 scientists from 50 countries next week at a weeklong workshop.
Cries of joy broke a sky that turned gray and rainy on Friday when good news reached relatives of a missing quartet of fisherman.
The mayor of a fishing village east of Progreso has ordered a census to detect who’s a local and who’s not.
On the eve of the lucrative octopus season, dozens of residents here bodily blocked the port entrance, demanding authorities expel fishermen from out-of-town.
It’s open season on the Gulf’s lobster population starting tomorrow. About 1,200 fisherman will be allowed to start hauling them in.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now