Efficient use of the

Sea Turtles Excluders

DevicesTED’s

To export shrimp to USA, the interested countries must comply with the requirements established by the Law 101-162

Wich prohibits the importation of shrimp to those countries that don’t comply with the necessary measures to protect the Sea Turtles

Each year, inspectors from the State Department and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) certify that the shrimp fleets of these countries meet their programs of care and protection of sea turtles during fishing operations of wild shrimp trawl with use of Turtle Excluder Devices.

Background

On March 1st of 2010, The

State Department of the

U.S.A, informed the

Government of México its

decision of not to grant our

country the certificacion

This was based on the results of the visits

made to Mexico , with the State

Department experts and NOAA in

conjunction with Mexican authorities,

during which violations were observed in

some of the offshore shrimp vessels

inspected

Training Program in the Construction,Instalation and Efficient Work of the Sea Turtles Excluders Devices TED’s, for the Fishing Sector of Shrimp at High Sea

in Mexico

Derived from the Resolution of the U.S. Government to withdraw the certificacion to the national shrimp fleets, The Mexican Government, through the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries, CONAPESCA implemented a

Deve lope the i r capab i l i t i es

Ab i l i t i es

Objective

Informative Matireal

*Norm 061-PESC-2006*Guide the TED's

operation developed by the NOAA

Practice

Theoretical

The Goal was to

P R OV I D E R SB U I L D E R S A N D I N S TA L L E R S O F T E D ’ S

Train 4,500 people

PATT E R N S A N D C R E W O F T H E

S H R I M P F L E E T ' S

This was

Institutional CordinationTo establish mechanisms of coordination and operation of the program

created a working group Institutional

Preliminary Actions to Design the Strategy

Emergent training

Monitoring and Program Certificacion

PPAV

To create criterias of coordination to generate a strategy for training that includes

WORK MEETINGS

Invitation to Participate

Venues

PACIFIC OCEAN

GULF OF MEXICO AND

CARIBBEAN SEA

5,00

6 peopl

e were traine

d

DET’s Builders4,770

fishermen236

Resul ts 1st . fase

A second fase was implemented with the pourpuse to train the most fishermen as possible

Tampico, Tam.Guaymas, Son.

Date12 & 13 August

People Trained 131

Date23 - 28 August

People Trained 1290

Date30 & 31 August

People Trained 200

Mazatlán, Sin.

As a result 1,621 fishermen were trained

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Fabricators

Crew membersIdentify the techniques characteristics that must be considered to

Build

Install

OperateTED’s

These courses allowed

Thanks to the great acceptance of the fishing sector this was achived

126 courses 10 cities

Training 6,627 people

April

August

period

Fishermen

6,391Builders of TED’s

236

Invesment Amount

FIRA

PROFEPA

CONAPESCA

Serie1 $1,800,000.00 $75,000.00 $3,200,000.00

FIRA PROFEPA CONAPESCA

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The great effort that these distinct institutions have dedicated is recognized…

THANK YOU