SNAIL PANOCHA CANNED IN BRINE

Common name: Caracol Panocha.

Scientific name: Megaastraea Undosa, Astraea Turbanica.

Management measures: commercial fishing permits maximum quotas of catch per bank, after an evaluation of biomass by the INAPESCA, with a utilization rate (F% BR) ranging from 15% to 20% of the bio mass reproductive population (BR) associated with a legal minimum (TML). In Baja California Sur on the basis of studies of National Fsheries Institute, establishing a minimum capture size of 90 mm in basal diameter for  Astraea Undosa and 100mm for Astraea Turbanica, as well as a closed period from November 1 to February 28 of each year.

Season: March to October.
Volume or current quota: 43 tons. (2,112 cases of 24 cans)