the most important capture zone is the pacific ocean near the california gulf with of the overall catch tonnes while the gulf of mexico accounts for the remaining tonnes fishing takes place mainly in costal lagoons estuaries and marine shoreline on both coasts with the majority of landings being in sinaloa tonnes and sonora tonnes in the pacific ocean and tamaulipas tonnes veracruz tonnes and campeche tonnes in the gulf of mexico in the states surrounding the gulf of california and in those in the gulf of mexico the fishery is exploited at msy and only those states in the pacific outside the gulf of california have some potential for increased catch all holders must comply with the official mexican standards noms and respect fishing bans