Fisherman's Day: What is the greatest current difficulty of artisanal fishing in Peru?

Published 2024년 6월 29일

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Artisanal fishermen in Peru are expressing concern over the delay in regulations for Law 31749, which recognizes traditional artisanal fishing and promotes its preservation within five maritime miles. They argue that this delay allows larger vessels to engage in unfair competition by capturing a wider range of species. Miguel Martínez and Isaac Tapia, leaders of artisanal fishing organizations, have appealed to the Minister of Production and the President to expedite the regulation's approval. Additionally, they have requested the lifting of a ban on hammerhead shark captures in Piura and Tumbes, due to concerns about ecological crimes with the current ban. Furthermore, a specialist in fisheries oceanography has highlighted the need for enforcing rules against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, especially with the Chinese fleet allegedly operating within Peruvian waters.

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On the occasion of Fisherman's Day, the president of the Federation of Selective Artisanal Fishing Organizations Tumbes Region, Miguel Martínez; and the former general secretary of the Single Union of Artisanal Fishermen Civil Divers of the Port of Ilo (SUPABCPI), Isaac Tapia; They analyzed in Enfoque de los Sábados the current situation of artisanal fishing and its problems. Isaac Tapia pointed out that the current fishing political situation is of great concern, since to date the regulations of Law 31749 have not been published, which recognizes traditional ancestral fishing and traditional artisanal fishing and promotes their preservation within the five Peruvian maritime miles. "To date, its regulations have not been issued, which would allow us to somehow strengthen this law and we consider this a good opportunity to be recognized as artisanal fishermen," he indicated. The former leader denounced that there are vessels with a greater draft than the artisanal fishermen's ...

Source: Rpp