Two pelagic purse-seine vessels of the Tasa Group.

Already captured more than 38% of the quota of the first season of anchovy

PERU
Friday, May 24, 2019, 20:40 (GMT + 9)

During exploratory fishing and the first fishing season in the central-northern zone, between April 28 and May 22, an unloading of 813,306 tons of anchoveta was recorded, representing 38.73% of the quota of assigned catch, informed the Ministry of Production (Produce).

It should be noted that the total maximum limit of the anchovy allowable catch for indirect human consumption, corresponding to the first fishing season 2019 in the north-central area of ​​the Peruvian coast, which began on May 4, is 2.1 millions of tons.

Anchovy discharges are being developed with the supervision of the General Directorate of Supervision, Control and Sanction of Produce, at a rate of 44,000 tons per day, with the ports of Chimbote, Malabrigo, Callao, Paracas, Coishco and Chancay, where they are registered. the largest volumes of unloading fish.

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Likewise, the percentage of specimens with sizes smaller than 12 centimeters, captured during this period, is 8.1%, a figure that is below 13%, projected by Imarpe.

On the other hand, during the first fishing season 207 supervisions have been carried out on fishing vessels, in order to verify that the development of extractive activities is carried out in authorized areas, with correct biometric sampling and without discarding the resource to the sea.

In addition, with the information obtained through the "Bitácora Electrónica" application, it was possible to warn of the presence of smaller sized specimens in some areas, which led to the preventive closure of 30 fishing zones, protecting an estimated biomass of 108,481 tons of juvenile anchoveta.

Suspended fishing areas were found, mainly, in front of Isla Lobos de Tierra (Lambayeque), between Pacasmayo and Guadalupito (La Libertad), north of Chimbote (Ancash), between Huacho and Cañete (Lima); and between Tambo de Mora and Puerto Caballas (Ica).

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