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Mexican Pacific artisanal shrimps fishery

Overview

The Mexican Pacific artisanal shrimp fishery has re-entered the MSC Improvement Program with a new Certification Body. The new Track a Fishery page can be found here: Mexican Pacific artisanal shrimp fishery. 

 

 

Units of Certification & Certificate Information

  • No longer in the program
    MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
    UoC-2615 Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) Trawls - Bottom trawls: Manual bottom trawl nets (knows locally as changos) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-2616 Whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Trawls - Bottom trawls: Manual bottom trawl nets (knows locally as changos) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-2617 Yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) Trawls - Bottom trawls: Manual bottom trawl nets (knows locally as changos) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-2618 Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) Falling Gear - Cast nets: Modified cast nets (suriperas) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-2619 Whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Falling Gear - Cast nets: Modified cast nets (suriperas) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-2620 Yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) Falling Gear - Cast nets: Modified cast nets (suriperas) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-3173 Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) Falling Gear - Cast nets: Modified cast nets (suriperas) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-3174 Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) Trawls - Bottom trawls: Manual bottom trawl nets (changos) – Artisanal 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-3175 Yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) Falling Gear - Cast nets: Modified cast nets (suriperas) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
    UoC-3176 Yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) Trawls - Bottom trawls: Manual bottom trawl nets (changos) – Artisanal 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn

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Catch by Species

Species Reported Catch Year Metric Tonnes
Yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) 2018 22,320
Whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) 2018 721
Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) 2022 20,723

Information is provided by an independent Conformity Assessment Body as live weight (the weight of species at the time of catch, before processing) and where a fishing season covers multiple years, the end year is given as the reported catch year. Additional information is available in the latest report, see the assessments page.