Peru: The Ministry of the Environment delivered 40,000 cachama fingerlings to Fernando Lores producers

The Minister of the Environment, Juan Carlos Castro, delivered more than 40,000 fingerlings of the gamitana species to 40 fish farmers from 11 rural communities in the Fernando Lores district, in the province of Maynas, Loreto region. This sectoral intervention contributes to the strengthening of food security and sustainable fish farming in that area of the country, since it will mean more than half a million soles in income for local economies, said the head of the Ministry of the Environment (Minam). He added that in this way they seek to increase the availability of fishing resources in the Peruvian Amazon and their sustainable conservation; as well as contribute to improving the quality of life of the population since it will have a source of food and will also be able to market it, which will translate into social and economic growth. The beneficiary communities are Santa Rosa de Shato, Puerto Inca, Rivera Alta, Constancia, Nuevo Triunfo, Santa Cruz, Pachacutec, Jerusalem, ...