Crab Ban Starts Tomorrow

The crab ban will start from tomorrow until September 15th, this means that the capture, transport, holding, processing and marketing of the shellfish is prohibited, according to Ministerial Decision No. 16 of February 3, 2004.

In a statement, the Environment Ministry told citizenship to avoid the consumption of crab because during this time of the year, they change-shell crabs. It also warned that consumption of crab may cause damages to health due to chemicals generated by the biological species during this phase.

Source: Diario El Universo