SONAPESCAL and CAPECAL present the Pota ROP project and raise the urgent need to modernize the fishery governance of the Peruvian giant squid

The Peruvian Chamber of the Giant Squid – CAPECAL and the National Society of Artisanal Fishing – SONAPESCAL, recently presented to the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE), a draft new Fisheries Management Regulation – ROP of the Giant Squid or Pota, which responds to the need to update the regulations that govern this important fishery that supports artisanal fishing activity as well as the country's fishing industry for human consumption, adapting it to a precautionary and sustainable vision of the resource. Both organizations, SONAPESCAL and CAPECAL, have been working for several months on defining a joint vision for the sustainable development of this important flag resource of Peru and, as a result of their dialogues, they have managed to translate their aspirations into an innovative proposal again. ROP of this resource. Elsa Vega, president of SONAPESCAL, comments that they have been looking for a new ROP since 2022, when the associations and cooperatives of northern Peru were ...