A resolution from the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries (MPCEIP) brought forward the scheduled date for the ban on red and blue crabs.
Through the resolution MPCEIP-SRP-2023-0021-A of January 18, the State Portfolio ordered that now the capture restriction of the crustacean is from January 28 to March 2 due to the reproduction of the crab.
Last year the restriction period had been established between February 1 and March 2.
Those who violate the norm for its preservation will be penalized, according to what is determined by the Law of Fisheries and Fisheries Development of Ecuador. The sanction is contemplated in article 71 of the Fisheries Law: “a fine of two to ten unified basic remunerations of the worker in general ($900 to $4500 with the current unified basic salary) and imprisonment from 15 to 60 days, or with one of these sorrows only.”
The second ban will be given from August 15 to September 15 due to shell molting and its consumption can cause damage to humans. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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