Southern calamary resource assessment put on hold, future full of uncertainty

The Calamasur alliance, representing artisanal and industrial squid fishermen from Peru, Chile, and Ecuador, stated that their resource assessment proposal, which fully complied with relevant procedures, was once again rejected. The alliance's president, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, criticized the move as "discriminatory," noting that the alliance had repeatedly sought clarification throughout the conference but had not received a clear response. Only after publicly writing to the 20 member delegations did the secretariat reject the proposal, citing that the assessment was not a priority for 2025 and had no scheduled time. Ricardo Oliveros Ramos, chair of the SPRFMO Scientific Committee, stated that the resource assessment was "not a priority" this year. In response, Rodrigo Wiff, a Calamasur scientist, warned that continuing to fish without scientific basis would be akin to "blind operations." Although the alliance failed to get the assessment onto the official agenda, their ...