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Los monitoreos de las vedas biológicas se realizan para proteger y cautelar los recursos del Mar. Puntualmente para Sardina y Anchoveta se aplican dos vedas en el año, una de reclutamiento a principios de este y otra reproductiva a fines de invierno-primavera.

En ese contexto, al Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, IFOP, le corresponde realizar la investigación permanente de las especies y los Sardina monitoreos de la Sardina para generar las bases técnicas que permitan aplicar medidas de regulación oportunas. Es así que la cobertura de muestreos del IFOP considera el uso de embarcaciones artesanales para el trabajo de muestreo en el periodo de veda en que está prohibida la pesca del recurso.

The Executive Director of IFOP, Leonardo Nunez, said that "during the closure shipboard sampling of artisanal or industrial fleet are made, allowing maintain an effective and timely monitoring. In the case of the south-central area, the need to address monitoring the reproductive status of sardine and anchovy resources through scientific observers who collect information from logistics ships established, "he said.,es

In specific terms, the relevant information for recruitment is the size structure of the captured specimens and in the case of reproductive condition, it consists of evaluating the state of maturity. This information allows, as commented by Núñez, "Follow over time their condition and timely guide the decisions of the authority." The information collected is structured reports are public and are available on the website of the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) and IFOP.

Meanwhile, Marine Biologist and Head (I) Evaluation Department of Fisheries, Antonio Aranis, explained that the reproductive process gonadosomatic index must be greater than or equal to 6 and together the proportion of females is evaluated is evaluated active that should exceed 40% in the case of the common Sardina for the ban was decreed today.

“This design obeys a methodological approach that has been perfected over time and sanctioned by the Scientific Technical Committee,” Aranis noted.