Currently, industrial fishermen are not allowed to catch anchovy within the five-mile strip.
PRODUCE discards industrial fishing within 5 nautical miles
PERU
Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 21:50 (GMT + 9)
The Peruvian government ruled out the proposal of industrial fishermen to be able to catch anchovy within 5 miles from the coastline in the south region.
"We have already been talking with artisanal fishermen; they do not agree. As we understand that they do not agree with this process, we have decided not to develop industrial fishing from mile two to mile five," said the head of the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE), Raúl Pérez-Reyes.
Currently, the five-mile strip is reserved for artisanal fishermen, but the National Fisheries Society (SNP) have been seeking to replenish the Special Fishing Regime in the southern zone (off Arequipa, Tacna and Moquegua), a Decree of the year 2008 that allowed industrialists to fish anchovy closer to the coast.
Artisanal fishing vessels. (Photo: Carlos Chunga)
The then governors of that zone and the artisanal fishermen who worked there opposed to the industrialists entrance.
The measure was repealed to safeguard the artisanal fishermen activity and to protect the resource during its reproduction stage. But the SNP argued that the restriction for the industrial sector made it lose competitiveness.
In this regard, a report that the Institute of the Sea of Peru (IMARPE) referred to PRODUCE, indicated that industrial fishing activities between miles five and two would not impact on artisanal fishing in the southern zone. On this basis, the ministry initiated a dialogue process with artisanal fishermen to make a decision, reported El Comercio.
In the last week, the artisanal fishermen had protested against the fact that the industrial fleet could fish near mile one south of Peru.
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