Peru: Produce determines completion of bonito fishing in purse-seine boats

This cessation of activities to capture this marine resource begins at 00:00 hours on June 5, 2021. The Ministry of Production determined yesterday the end of the fishing period for the bonito resource in purse-seine fishing boats, starting at 00:00 on June 5 of this year, in order to preserve this important marine species. This was established through Ministerial Resolution No. 00154-2021-Produce, published today in the extraordinary edition of the Legal Norms Bulletin of the official newspaper El Peruano. The regulation specifies that the extractive activities of the bonito resource (Sarda chiliensis chiliensis) carried out by purse-seine fishing vessels (active fishing gear) are concluded, and they specify that it does not apply to extractive activities carried out by artisanal fishing vessels that use gear and tackle. passive fishing. This cessation of activities to capture this marine resource begins at 00:00 hours on June 5, 2021. The shipowners of the aforementioned ...