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Instituto Nacional de la Pesca (INP)
At present it has a central unit in Mexico city and 13 regional research centers, three stations and a Mexican Turtle Center. It also has eight research vessels, giving full national coverage and permanent contact with fishermen and the fishing industry. Research activities deal with the most important fresh and marine water resources, such as shrimp, spiny lobster, blue crab, abalone, clams, conch, octopus, sardines, anchovy, tuna, and others like bill fish, sharks, groupers, sea urchin and sea cucumber. Actions have also been taken to study and protect marine turtles, gray whale, as well as the relationship tuna-dolphin. These actions have been acknowledged by the international scientific community. The INP has more than 400 researchers and technicians working on the assessment of fisheries processes and phenomena, identification and quantification of resources, their importance and possibilities of exploitation, regulating and planning their use and developing methods and technology to produce, exploit, sell and manage its products in an optimal manner. The INP is deeply concerned about using resources in an orderly and sustainable manner to preserve the marine environment for future generations. Thus it is also involved in water quality control and the negative effects it has upon the aquatic flora and fauna. 
Affiliation: Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Alimentacion y Pesca (SAGARPA) Type of Organization: Marine Research Center or Laboratory Sector: Federal Government Main Field of Focus: Coordination, Development and Establishment of Scientific and Technologic Research Applied to Fisheries and Sustainable Development Year Created: 1962 Contact Person: Compean Jimenez, Guillermo
Home Page URL: http://www.inp.gob.ec/ Keywords: Fish, Crustacean, Mollusc, Pollution, Fisheries |
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