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Fishing agreement meeting between the director of AUNAP and his technical team, representative of the DRMI, representatives of GICPA, representatives of FEDEPESCA, community councils and representatives of the shrimp industry.  *Available only in Spanish

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This report presents the final results of Convention No. 0007 signed between INVEMAR and AUNAP, based on four objectives namely: i) Biological assessment of the target capture of deepwater shrimp (CAP) and its accompanying fauna in the exclusive zone of artisanal fishing - ZEPA; ii) Evaluation of the fishing efficiency...

With active participation of the fishing industry, the bioeconomical effects of technological changes in shrimp trawling fishing on the Colombian Pacific coast were evaluated to reduce bycatch and fuel consumption. Two vessels with equal fishing power were used simultaneously in experimental fishing surveys that compared the performance of a trawl...

Quantification of the tropical shrimp trawling impact and mechanics to reduce it on both Caribbean and Pacific Colombian coasts were evaluated. The methodological approach included census of the fishing technology, monitoring, workshops, trials and experiments. The census revealed that vessels and net designs are 30 years old. Fishing monitoring showed...

Colombia is the only South American country that has coasts in the Caribbean and the Pacific and it has usually been accepted that the highest fishing productivity in the country is in the Pacific, where shrimp have been one of the most appreciated products and source of foreign exchange. However,...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as part of the national government, made the decision to include in the public agenda the formulation of the comprehensive policy for the development of sustainable fisheries in Colombia, in order to address the problems facing the sector and that impact both the...

The technical characteristics of the shrimp trawl fleet operating in the Colombian Caribbean Sea, between Cartagena and Tolú were registered. There are 53 officially authorized vessels, 56.6% of them have Colombian registration and the 43.4% foreign one. The oldest vessels are 27years old and the newest ones began operations in...

With the purpose of characterizing the shrimp trawling fleet in the Ocean Pacific of Colombia, a census was conducted based in the port of Buenaventura using direct and secondary information sources. This information is input for the evaluation of the introduction of technological improvements in the trawling gear to reduce...