Baja California boasts unrivalled advantages, such as its geographical situation, supreme environmental quality and mariculture-friendly legislation for those wishing to set up, which makes it the perfect location for the next Offshore Mariculture Conference.
Not only does Baja California’s geography provide 1380 Km of coastline, along the Pacific Coast and Gulf of California, but its crystalline waters are also nutrient rich and provide optimum conditions for farming saltwater fish species such as Striped Bass and Yellowtail who thrive in the Baja waters.
In addition, the Mexican government has injected US$50-70 million into the area so there is no shortage of funds for aspiring producers. Unlike that of their American neighbours, the process for acquiring a licence or permit for mariculture is fairly simple in Mexico and the official powers are consolidated into the three main branches of federal and regional governments; INAPESCA, CONAPESCA and SEPESCA.
Proximity to markets isn’t a problem for farmers in Baja California as they have one of the world’s biggest fish consumers right on their doorstep. According to the FAO, the US is the “second largest importer of fisheries commodities behind Japan” so with increasing pressures to conform to sustainability guidelines it is in importers interests to minimise their carbon footprints and source the fish they sell in the most ethical way possible.
Understandably, a transport time of 2 hours from Ensenada to San Diego in California is attractive to US distributors as it allows them to supply their customers with the freshest possible fish. It is for this reason that Baja fish has been receiving high praise from Sushi chefs in California who are deeming it to be of the highest quality.
With good road links to California and the rest of the United States, and international flights into Tijuana and San Diego it will be easier than you think to make it to Offshore Mariculture Mexico 2017.
Offshore Mariculture Mexico will take place in Ensenada, Baja California 6-10 March 2017. Book your place at this premier business and networking event now to avoid disappointment. Details of the practicalities of acquiring visitor visas and precise travel suggestions will be released later in the year. For more information, contact the Events team at Mercator Media Ltd. on +44 1329 825335 or email conferences@offshoremariculture.com. For Latin American enquiries call Cesaibc on +52 1152 (646) 1521656 ext. 104, or email agalaviz@cesaibc.org / ggallo@cesaibc.org.
