Marine species in Peru move away from the coast due to La Niña phenomenon

As a consequence of the La Niña phenomenon, which affects the entire South Pacific at this time, hake is one of the species that has moved away from the Peruvian coast. The professor at the Universidad Agraria La Molina, Luis Icochea Salas, points out that hake is being concentrated in Ecuador. For this reason, the fishermen of northern Peru must travel further to search for them. “The large hake move away in search of warmer waters and the small ones stay in colder waters. They are never together, because the big ones devour them ”, he explained. A similar situation occurs in the case of the squid. This species has moved away from the coast because there is a lot of plankton in that area. The manager of Asociación Paita Corporation, Lizardo Ayón, told El Tiempo that the light from the large vessels that are capturing the species far from the coast attracts the squid. "That is my theory and small fishermen must ...