MEXICO – Season starts Tuna Catch

At 24 am this Sunday starts the season catch yellowfin tuna in the Mexican Pacific and concludes at 00:00 am next November 18, 2015.

The agreement published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF), the Mexican flag purse seine vessels may catch species Yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna or bigeye tuna, blue fin tuna and skipjack offshore and foreign waters.

According to information from the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA), Mexico annually exceeds 153 tonnes per year and ranks second in the national fish production.

They also contribute significantly to food of Mexicans in the now traditional Tuna cans of various weights and trademarks, in a great contribution to the food sovereignty of our country.

“Canned handling allows a wide geographical distribution, which facilitates its accessibility even in remote communities of urban areas”She cited.

Tuna production is placed in the top three Mexico fishery products exported to countries like Japan, Spain and the United States.

For its excellent quality, low price and high nutritional value, the Mexican Tuna enjoys great prestige among the various socioeconomic strata of the Mexican population.

Tuna fishery is also located in the second position among national fish production, since according to statistics CONAPESCA on 2012 124 935 mil tonnes were caught with incomes of thousand 306 million pesos.

In 2013, 153,000 were 143 thousand tons with revenues of 880 million pesos, representing an increase of 44 percent compared to 2012.

With numbers validated at the end of 2013 in the country are registered 83 Tuna vessels, of which 30 are based in Sinaloa, 23 in California, 16 in Veracruz, and the rest in Yucatan, Colima, Baja California Sur, Sonora and Chiapas.

Among the major states with the highest participation Tuna stand Sinaloa, with nearly 52 percent of total production, took first place for the 79 000 545 tonnes which captured its fleet; Colima, with 21.5 percent; Chiapas, 15.3 percent, and Baja California, with 5.8 percent.

Notably, Sinaloa also has the country's largest industrializadora plant and now has installed capacity to process up to two million 300 thousand cans of tuna every day capacity.

SOURCE: Oem.com.mx