Peru confirms the start of the anchovy fishery’s second season on November 1st

Peru’s Production Ministry (PRODUCE) has announced that the second anchovy-fishing season of 2024 will begin on 1 November, establishing a total allowable catch (TAC) of 2.51 million metric tons (MT) for the season in the North-Central zone of the Peruvian coast.The move confirmed reports from the Peruvian Sea Institute (Imarpe) – a technical branch of PRODUCE – that the anchovy biomass in the Peruvian sea is healthy, with positive prospects for a successful second anchovy-fishing season in the North-Central zone.Peru divides its anchovy-fishing areas into two regions – South and North-Central – with different capture limits and seasons set for each. The North-Central zone is Peru’s main fishing region, with capture measuring several times that of the South region.Imarpe recently highlighted that anchovy landings in the North-Central zone’s first season, which wrapped up over the summer, reached 98 percent of the PRODUCE-established 2.48 million MT TAC. PRODUCE Minister Sergio ...