He National Fisheries Development Fund (Fondepes), as part of its commitment to promote the development of the country’s artisanal fishing and aquaculture sector, to date has executed 91.4% of the budget assigned to the institution for the year 2023, with a total of S/152 .8 million accrued, which makes it the leading document in budget execution of the Ministry of Production (Produce).
The head of Fondepes, Katia Novoa Sánchez, highlighted that the Institutional Opening Budget (PIA) of the entity amounted to S/114.41 million, while the Modified Institutional Budget (PIM) reached S/167.18 million this year.
As for the periods with the greatest execution, so far in the fourth quarter S/51.63 million has been executed, while in the first three months S/49.16 million was accrued.
Strengthening artisanal fishing
According to Novoa, Fondepes’ actions during 2023 were mainly aimed at strengthening artisanal fishing, a function to which more than S/84.54 million have been allocated, achieving an execution of 88.9%.
In this sense, he explained that the largest amount of resources, S/17.8 million, were allocated to improving the services of the artisanal fishing landing site in the district of Chancay, in the Lima region. Within this activity, The largest expenditure was made on the improvement of fishing infrastructure with more than S/14.99 million, reaching an execution of 93.4%.
Lastly, the representative of Fondepes He highlighted that another important project in strengthening artisanal fishing is the construction and equipment of the Puerto Morín artisanal fishing landing in Virú (La Libertad), whose budget was greater than S/16.5 million and has been executed in 96.8 %.
Source: Larepublica
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