Overview
Mexico's shrimp fishery is one of the country's most important fisheries in terms of value. Two fleets (industrial and small-scale) target three main species (Blue, yellowleg, and white) that generate more than 37,000 jobs (SAGARPA, 2013). Sonora is the main producer of shrimp in the country (Anuario 2018).
Both industrial and small-scale fleets target the species along the coastline. The project aims to work with the small-scale producers that target blue shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris) using gillnets in the Bahia de Lobos (Lobos bay) located on the southernmost part of the State of Sonora, in the Mexican Pacific. Finally, our project aims to follow the framework of FisheryProgress by monitoring and reporting on MSC environmental indicators, and will also be monitoring and reporting improvements on both social and financial indicators of our producers' partners, as reflected by the implementation of a triple impact workplan.
Mexico's shrimp fishery is one of the country's most important fisheries in terms of value.
By the project's target end date of December 2023, the project is aiming to achieve the following:
- To promote capacity building in close collaboration with fishing cooperatives
- To strengthen a set of capacities within the producing organizations that include, good fishing and processing practices, as well as administrative skills
- To strengthen harvest reporting and monitoring systems to improve the availability and accuracy of data on landings, and on retained, and bycatch species.
- Collaborate with managers to promote the implementation of sustainable management regulations, in the form of a fisheries management plan and all its elements.
- Include these new cooperatives to join the coverage and practices of the Del Pacifico Shrimp Fair Trade Certification