Industry landed 40,000 tons of anchovy for flour

During the five days that the exploratory fishing authorized by the Ministry of Production (Produce) finally lasted, 40,000 metric tons (MT) of anchovy were landed, which ended up being converted into around 10,000 MT of flour, according to the National Fisheries Society (SNPs).

In addition, the union specified to this medium that the incidence of juveniles was between 50% and 60%; however, the official report of the Institute of the Sea of ​​Peru (Imarpe) indicated that it was 86%. The SNP added that today there is no scientific instrument that fully detects the presence of juveniles, so the only way to verify it is through exploratory fishing, which is regulated in our country since 2014.

industry perspective

For the SNP, the possibility that there will not be a first industrial fishing season for this resource is still not closed, despite the announcement made by Produce last Thursday, which not only ruled it out, but added that the second season is also in progress. risk.

“I think we will be able to fish for a month or a month, but it will be possible to fish, because the anchovy is there and it is grown. That is what we all estimate, that we will still be able to have a first season, very short, surely, and then a second season in November,” emphasized Cayetana Aljovín, president of the fishing union.

Since the industrial sector still does not contemplate that there is not a first fishing season This year, the forecasts for workers are not being taken either. Although the head of Produce, Raúl Pérez Reyes, said that he would call on the sector’s actors to implement measures that mitigate the impact, especially on income. Finally, the SNP affirmed that they will await the results of the new evaluation of the resource which will take place in two weeks.

Data

• Results. The anchovy presents sizes 7 cm and 15 cmwith a main mode of 10 cm, according to Imarpe.
• Fishing effort. A total of 313 steel (71%) and wooden (29%) vessels participated.