Peru: Produce establishes a closure of the hake resource for a period of 28 days

14:49 | Lima, Apr. 10. As of April 11, the Ministry of Production (Produce) will put into effect a reproductive ban on the resource of hake (Merluccius gayi peruanus) for 28 days in the area between 04 ° 30'S and 05 ° 00'S of the national maritime domain, according to Ministerial Resolution No. 00108-2021-Produce. The measure seeks to protect the resource in the spawning stage, so that from 00:00 hours on Sunday, April 11, it cannot be extracted from the aforementioned area. Hake previously extracted from said area may only be processed up to 48 hours after the closure begins, while commercialization, transport and storage may be carried out as long as there is documentation proving that the resource was extracted before The closure will come into ...