Peru's Artisanal Fishing Experiences Explosive Growth, Squid Exports Surge 158%

Multiple Aquatic Product Yields Significantly Increase The report indicates that yield increases were primarily driven by the following key species: squid production year-on-year grew by 151.2%; bamboo fish increased by 186.2%; mackerel increased by 81.5%; seaweed grew by 52.8%; mullet increased by 45.2%; anchovy increased by 394.5%; shark grew by 8.3%; and hake increased by 74.6%. According to the introduction, this achievement is attributed to the favorable marine environment this year. PRODUCE head Sergio González Guerrero stated that suitable seawater temperatures and rich nutritional substances provided excellent conditions for reproduction of multiple marine species, also improving traditional operational efficiency and significantly increasing fishermen's harvests. Among these, marine hand-caught fishing landings alone reached 405,000 tons, growing 49.5% from the previous year's 271,000 tons. Additionally, continental hand-caught fishing landings also increased by 12.0% ...