OECD ADVISES MEXICO TO CUT SMALL SHRIMP PRODUCER ACTIVITY
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has called on the Mexican government to push small family-run shrimp fishermen into commercial fishing and aquaculture operations, to better exploit a valuable export market.
In a new report - 'Agricultural and Fisheries Policies in Mexico: Recent achievements, continuing the reform agenda' - the OECD says unregulated "artisanal" fleets are preventing commercial operators from thriving and threatening stock levels. "This is especially evident in the shrimp fishery ...
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