Peru expects a very good second season for anchovy fishing

Published 2024년 10월 9일

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The article reports on the successful first half of Peru's anchovy fishing season for 2024, which has seen a recovery from a poor period in 2023, with the total catch quota set at 251,000 tons. This season has benefited from favorable climatic conditions and the recovery of anchovy, a key food source for other fish species like bonito and horse mackerel. Additionally, the article mentions an unexpected increase in bonito catches and the implementation of measures to ensure the quota is met for the year, following a successful first season for anchovy fishing in the central-northern part of the country, which achieved 98% of its set quota.

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At the beginning of the year, 5 times more bonito than expected was caught and measures have been taken to guarantee the quota. A very good second season of anchovy fishing is expected, said today the Vice Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Jesús Barrientos. “We are close to the second season of industrial fishing and there has been good reproduction due to the climatic conditions that favor anchovy,” he said on TV Perú. “We are going to wait for the results of Imarpe and we are confident of having a very good season,” he added. He said that this year anchovy fishing recovered, after having been poor in the second season of 2023. The Ministry of Production (Produce) authorized a few months ago the start of the second season of fishing for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus) in the maritime area between 16°00’LS and the southern end of the maritime domain of Peru. The catch quota amounts to 251,000 tons of anchovy and began on July 1, 2024 at 00:00 ...

Source: Pescaymedioambiente