Hake fishing banned until end of the year in common zone with Argentina
Precautionary spring closure area for the capture of hake, Merluccius hubbsi, in the Common Fishing Zone.
(URUGUAY, 9/26/2018)
The Joint Technical Commission of the Maritime Front (CTMFM) decided to prohibit hake (Merluccius hubbsi) capture as well as the use of all types of bottom fishing gear in the Common Fishing Zone shared between Argentina and Uruguay, until December 31 of this year.
The measure, which will take effect on October 1, responds to the need to protect juvenile hake, to ensure the conservation and rational capture of the resource, and will be applied in the area between the following geographical points: