Application of modern technology and management methods to the assessment of fisheries resources in Mexico

Mexico is now in process of developing scientific management of its fisheries and promoting full harvesting of its large latent resources. To do this quickly, economically and efficiently the investigators are attempting to apply methods of systems analysis, computer data processing, modern acoustic survey and methods of simplified data recording to develop a systematic methodology. The approach has emphasized concentration on the study of one developed fishery, the Pacific shrimp, and one developing fishery, the Pacific anchovy. As experience is gained the approach is being transferred to the study of other fisheries.