TABLE No. 1 FISH | Species | Common Name | Permitted tolerance percentage (%) with respect to the Size at First Maturity (Talla de Primera Madurez, TPM) | Size at first maturity (TPM) Criterion Lt50% (Lt) | Maximum period to reach the size at first maturity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | FAMILY: SCIAENIDAE | | | | | Micropogonias altipinnis (1) | C. agria | 25 | 500.3 mm | 18 months | | Cynoscion phoxocephalus (1) | C. picuda | 20 | 327.4 mm | 18 months | | Cynoscion squamipinnis (2) | C. aguada | 20 | 342.0 mm | 18 months | | Cynoscion albus (3) | C. reina | 15 | 550.0 mm | 18 months | | | FAMILY: LUTJANIDAE | | | | | Lutjanus gutattus (4) | Pargo mancha | 25 | 340.0 mm | 18 months | | Lutjanus peru (5) | Pargo seda | 20 | 230.0 mm | 18 months | | Lutjanus argentiventris (5) | Pargo Coliamarilla | 20 | 330.0 mm | 18 months | | | FAMILY: CLUPEIDAE AND ENGRAULIDAE | | | | | Opisthonema libertate (6) | Sardina gallera | 18 | 187.0 mm | 6 months | | Opisthonema medirrastre (6) | Sardina gallera | 10 | 160.0 mm | 6 months | | Opisthonema bulleri (6) | Sardina azul | 10 | 170.0 mm | 6 months | | Cetengraulis mysticetus (7) | Anchoveta | 10 | 151.0 mm | 6 months | | | FAMILY: HEMIRAMPHIDAE | | | | | Hemiramphus saltator (8) | Aguja Pajarito or Ballyhoo | 0 | 270.0 mm | 0 months | | | FAMILY SCOMBRIDAE | | | | | Scomberomoru s sierra (9) | Macarela | 30 | 593.0 mm | 18 months | | Thunnus albacares | Atún aleta amarilla | 25 | 600 mm | 18 months | | | CORYPHAENIDADE | | | | | Coryphaena hippurus ( 9 a 14) | Dorado | 20 | 800.0 mm | 18 months | | | FAMILY: OPHIDIIDAE | | | | | Brotula clarkae | Congrio | 20 | 620 mm | 18 months | TABLE No. 2: CRUSTACEANS | Species | Common Name | Permitted tolerance percentage (%) with respect to the Size at First Maturity (TPM) | Size at first maturity (TPM) Criterion Lt50% (Lt) | Maximum period to reach the size at first maturity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | FAMILIES: PENAEIDAE, CARIIDAE AND GALATHEIDAE | | | | | Litopenaeus occidentalis (15) | Camarón blanco | 10 | 38.7 mm Lcefalotorax (30 tails per kilogram) | 12 months | | Litopenaeus stylirostris(15) | Camarón blanco | 20 | 38.0 mm Lcefalotorax (30 tails per kilogram) | 12 months | | Trachypenaeus byrdi (16) | Camarón conchudo | 10 | 87.0 mm Lt | 12 months | | Pleuroncodes planipes (17) | Langostino, chicharra | 10 | 26.3 mm Lc | 0 months (immediate) | | | FAMILY PANULIRIDAE | | | | | Panulirus gracilis (18) | Langosta | 10 | 76.0 mm Lc | 6 months | | Panulirus argus (Ospesca) | Langosta Caribe | 0 | 140.0 mm Lc | 0 months | | | FAMILY PORTUNIDAE | | | | | Callicnetes arcuatus (19) | Jaiba | 10 | 94.3 mm ac | 3 months | TABLE No. 3: MOLLUSKS | Species | Common Name | Permitted tolerance percentage (%) with respect to the Size at First Maturity (TPM) | Size at first maturity (TPM) Criterion Lt50% (Lt) | Maximum period to reach the size at first maturity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | FAMILY: ARCIDAE | | | | | Anadara tuberculosa (21) | Piangua | 0 | 47.0 mm (Lt) | 0 months | TABLE No. 4 SHARKS | Species | Common Name | Permitted tolerance percentage (%) with respect to the Size at First Maturity (TPM) | Size at first maturity (TPM) Criterion Lt50% (Lt) | Maximum period to reach the size at first maturity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sphyrna lewini(22) | T. martillo | 30 | 460.0 mm dorsoprecaudal length | 24 months | | Prionace glauca (23,24,25) | T. azul | 20 | 460.0 mm interdorsal length | 24 months | | Carcharhinus falciformis | T. gris | 25 | 800.0 mm length | 24 months | | (26) | | | dorsoprecaudal | | | Mustelus henlei (27) | T. mamón | 10 | 430.0 mm total length | 24 months | Abbreviations:
Ac: Shell width (Ancho caparazón) Lc: tail length (longitud de cola) Lcefalotoráx: carapace length (longitud de cefalotórax) Lt: total length (longitud total) Lt 50%: total length at 50 percent of the population Mm: millimeters (milímetros) 2.-General Provisions applicable to the implementation of the management measure relating to Sizes at First Maturity:
. For the purposes of landing and commercialization of the species whose sizes at first maturity are defined herein, the established tolerance percentages for each of the species shall be applied to the defined measurement per specimen, thus establishing that the landing, transport, stockpiling, processing, or commercialization of species whose measurement is below that resulting after applying the permitted tolerance percentage with respect to the size at first maturity shall not be permitted.
. The defined sizes at first maturity shall be subject to changes that may arise from scientific and technical investigations carried out by INCOPESCA, in relation to the biological behavior of the species.
. Within the maximum periods to reach the Sizes at First Maturity established in this management framework, INCOPESCA, through the Development and Research Department or through investigation systems that may be feasible and suitable, must conduct analyses, biological monitoring, and studies or investigations that allow for the validation, review, and/or adjustment of the established Sizes at First Maturity, for which purpose priority shall be given to the study of the species of the sardine, corvina, pargo, dolphinfish, and shark resources.
. It is expressly established that regarding the sizes defined for the species of yellowfin tuna, dolphinfish, and sharks, they must be applied in accordance with the management measures that the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission -CIAT- has established or may establish in relation to the capture and utilization of said species.
Sole Temporary Provision. The management measures established for the Sizes at First Maturity shall come into force three calendar months after their publication in the Official Gazette La Gaceta, for the purpose of ensuring that they are duly disseminated and known by the commercial fishing sector.
(Its original text re-established by agreement AJDIP/132 of March 13, 2015. Previously, this temporary provision had been amended by agreement No. AJDIP/235-2013 of June 21, 2013, but the same was repealed by agreement AJDIP/132 of March 13, 2015, therefore ratifying the entry into force with its original wording by which the sizes at first sexual maturity of the main species of commercial interest were established.)
3.-Firm Agreement.
4.-Let it be published.