MSC Pre-assesment made available

Participants confirmed

Updated 2022 workplan

Workplan made available 

A site visit was conducted for researchers to familiarize themselves with penshell farming and propose a water quality monitoring system and assess its impact on the ecosystem.

In 2023, two harvests were conducted in the cultivation area to monitor scallop quality and productivity, with monthly biometrics recorded for various parameters.

The FIP continuously monitors seawater temperature inside and outside of the UoA; two HOBO temperature recorders have been installed by fishers to monitor the health of the fishery and long-term changes in the water.

The FIP held a meeting with CRIAP to present fishing projects that are being carried out in Sonora and to discuss collaboration between COBI and INAPESCA. 

Two meetings were organized in December 2022 and February 2023 to plan and discuss activities and strategies to be adopted for the management of the fishery; the quota will be discussed at the next upcoming meeting.

An analysis has been conducted on the impact of fishing gear on the habitat; the analysis concluded that gear used in the artisanal fishery primarily impacts Sargassum spp. and pen shell collection generates a sediment cloud in the collection area.

Collect information to improve assessment of penshells 

A P2 analysis has been conducted; the red lobster and the rugose pen shell have been identified as primary species while the Chinese snail and the Chinese rose snail have been identified as secondary species.