Guyana fishermen to slash number of shrimpers
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Commercial fishermen in Guyana have agreed to cut the number of trawlers seeking seabob shrimp by 10 per cent next year to protect breeding grounds from overfishing.
The president of Guyana’s Association of Trawler Owners and Seafood Processors said Sunday that shrimpers have agreed to the reduction following talks with Fisheries Minister Robert Persaud, who says there is growing evidence of dwindling stocks.
Trawler owners’ president Les Ramalho says the reduction will not affect fishermen hunting other species of shrimp along Guyana’s Atlantic coast.
Each year, Guyana exports about 20 million pounds (9 million kilograms) of seabobs, a species of small, short-lived shrimp. Most is exported to the US.
