Argentina has warned the plan of Uruguay to capture anchovy for flour

While DINARA participates in the evaluation campaign of the Buenos Aires anchovy stock on board the BIP Víctor Angelescu of INIDEP, warning voices arose from Uruguay about an initiative that seeks to promote the capture of anchovy from the aforementioned stock for flour. Juan Manuel Otero Ferrer is director of the Amiantis Project, an initiative that seeks to optimize the marine fishing resources of the neighboring country and author of a bill that encourages the exploitation of anchovy and its subsequent value addition for human consumption. From Amiantis they recognized that in the National Directorate of Aquatic Resources of Uruguay, chaired by the veterinarian Jaime Coronel, there is a file in process of requesting permits for the capture of anchovy destined for the flour industry. “That such a permit is granted is going back decades. It is to completely ignore all the FAO recommendations about sustainability that the Code of Responsible Fisheries establishes ”, remarked Otero ...