Fishery Improvement Project
Last Update: May 2025
Specie: Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)
Gear Type: Bottom Longline
FIP Profile at FisheryProgress.org: PROSPECTIVE Mexico Tabasco red snapper – bottom longline
Fishery location: Gulf of Mexico, Campeche Bank
FIP coordination: CeDePesca. If you would like more information about the FIP or if you wish to support it, please contact Alejandra Cornejo.
FIP Partners:
- Caribbean Garden
- Deep Sea Atlantic
- CeDePesca (Technical support)
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| Categories: | Shrimp, Lobster and Crab |
| Last Update: |
May 2025
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| Specie: | Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) |
| Fishery Location: | Gulf of Mexico, Campeche Bank |
FIP Description
Caribbean Garden and Deep Sea Atlantic have partnered with CeDePesca to design a FIP for the red snapper – bottom longline fishery in Tabasco, Mexico.
As part of the development phase, CeDePesca will be conducting an MSC pre-assessment of the fishery to identify the main obstacles to sustainability and will propose a FIP Action Plan aimed at achieving a certifiable status for the fishery against the MSC standard.
Landings for red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the Campeche Bank were 5144 metric tons in 2023. Out of these, 665 metric tons were landed in the state of Tabasco.
