Fonmar Baja Sur Sportfishing News

78 kilos of parrot fish fillets were delivered to be used for programs. of social assistance

As a result of an inspection and surveillance operation carried out at dawn on Sunday, November 5, Resource Protection Fund staff Marinos (FONMAR) carried out the delivery as a donation to the Municipal DIF System La Peace of 78 kilos of parrot fish fillets, which will be allocated to the hot kitchen for older adults in precarious conditions.

The Coordinator of FONMAR in La Paz, José Lizandro Olachea Burgoin reported that On instructions from the General Director of FONMAR, Martín Inzunza Tamayo, On November 5, he participated in an interinstitutional operation with elements of the Secretary of the Navy, the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission (CONAPESCA) and the association Network of Citizen Observers (ROC) where different coastal points in the municipality of La Paz.

While touring the Marine Park of the Espíritu Santo Archipelago, a boat with four crew members on board who were fishing for parrot fish with harpoon and compressor, which is a prohibited practice in the use of scale so the boat was escorted to the dock to take the the preparation of the minutes by the CONAPESCA staff is carried out.

The FONMAR Coordinator highlighted that the specimens of parrot fish captured They were very small in size, so evidently they had not yet fulfilled their reproductive cycle. Which is an attack against the population of this marine species and puts its population at risk.

As a result of this operation, the vessel was seized, motor and fishing equipment awaiting the legal procedure, allocating the entire marine product for donation to the Municipal DIF System.