The Peruvian Sea Institute (Imarpe) authorized the execution of exploratory fishing for the anchovy resource (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (anchovy nasus) in the Southern Zone of the Peruvian Sea. According to ministerial resolution 000429-2023-PRODUCE, it establishes the use of larger scale purse seine fishing vessels, starting on Thursday, December 21, for a period of […]
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Produce sets anchoveta fishing limit at 150,000 tons for this year
Through the Ministerial Resolution No. 000428-2023-Producethe Maximum Total Catch Limit was established for Direct Human Consumption (LMTC-CHD) of the anchovy resource by 2023 at 150,000 tonscorresponding to the entire coastline. This applies to artisanal and smaller-scale extractive activities for consumption. direct human. The rule specifies that said limit may be modified based on the permanent […]
Second fishing season: more than 30% of what is caught is juvenile
“Peladilla in the south, center and north of our territorial sea. “What are you waiting for, Imarpe, to recommend closing this season due to biological conditions!” claims Lorenzo Vásquez Contreras, general secretary of the Fishermen’s Union of Chimbote and Annexeswith obvious frustration and attaching photos and videos that show large black nets with white spots […]
They warn of a high presence of juveniles in the second fishing season
Industrial fishermen warn of the high incidence of juveniles in the development of the second 2023 anchovy fishing season, which is why they request the Ministry of Production (Produce) the closure of this activity. They consider that the development and reproduction of the resource must be protected now so that there is fishing in the […]
Association of Industrial Shipowners insists on expanding the juvenile quota in anchovy fishing to 30%
The Association of Industrial Wood Shippers of Peru held a meeting with the Minister of Production, Ana María Choquehuancain whichand asked that the fishing sector be declared an emergency, since they currently cannot afford to pay salaries, loans and taxes. “We ask that the sector declare an emergency because we have to pay a payroll, […]
Produce would evaluate reducing the minimum allowed catch size of anchovy
The minimum permitted catch size for anchovy is 12 centimeters, so fishing it below this measurement puts its reproduction and the sustainability of the resource at risk. However, it emerged that the Ministry of Production (Produce) I would be willing to analyze whether it is possible to “update” the size at the request of the […]
Industrialists paralyze fishing activities and request more flexibility from Produce
The same day that the second industrial anchovy fishing season began, Thursday, October 26, preventive closures began to be applied due to the incidence of juveniles; that is, a resource that measures less than 12 centimeters. In addition to this, the extraction authorization from the Ministry of Production (Produce) indicates that fishing can only be […]
Minister of Production meets with fishing companies to “offer them a solution”
A few hours before the second anchovy fishing season began, the National Association of Fishing Shipowners (ANAP) of Law 26920 spoke out against how it was being developed, since numerous closures of areas where fishing cannot be done due to the presence of juveniles were implemented and it was specified that the extractive activity would […]
Gino Passalacqua: “There is a conflict between the need to fish and the conditions to do so”
The Peruvian scientist Gino Passalacqua spoke with this newspaper about how the anchovy will react quickly to the temperature changes that will occur in the coming weeks, which would have an impact on the development of the second industrial fishing season. -Were there the conditions to open an exploratory fishing? -In the last weeks, The […]
Produce authorizes second fishing season in full exploratory capture
The second industrial anchovy fishing season will begin this Thursday, October 26, according to ministerial resolution No. 358-2023 issued yesterday by the Ministry of Production (Produces). The maximum established quota is 1.6 million metric tons (MT). This decision was already known since October 20date on which a screenshot of this document was circulating on social […]