Peru

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Overall cumulative fishmeal production for the countries analysed in reports compiled by IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation, is estimated at around 1.738 million tonnes in 2023, around 23% less than in 2022. 

14th February 2024

Fishmeal, fish oil production falls

14th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has authorised the start of the second fishing season in the north-central area for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus) in the north-central area of…

24th October 2023

Peru sets second anchovy season

24th October 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With demand softening and El Niño driving up fishmeal prices, the second-half of 2023 is expected to be the most challenging period for global aquaculture since the peak of the Covid pandemic…

31st July 2023

Falling demand and El Niño to challenge global aquaculture

31st July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In response to fishery stakeholders, the Peruvian government has issued a historic decree to enable fisher registration by cooperatives in the mahi-mahi and jumbo flying squid fisheries, two of the most globally…

16th June 2023

Peru gives crucial support to artisanal fishers

16th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Having analysed recommendations from the Peruvian Sea Institute (Imarpe), Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has announced it will not allow the first anchovy season in the north-central zone (LMTCP North-Centre) to take…

12th June 2023

Peru halts first anchovy season

12th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has established this year’s catch quota for its giant squid (Dosidicus Gigas) resource at 420,000 tonnes, with the objective of guaranteeing a sustainable use of the species.

7th June 2023

Peru lowers giant squid quota

7th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Through Ministerial Resolution No. 000191-2023-Produce, Peru’s Ministry of Production has set 2023’s first fishing season for its anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus) resources destined for indirect human consumption in…

6th June 2023

Peru slashes first season anchovy catch limit

6th June 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has authorised the start of the second season of industrial fishing for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus), destined for indirect human consumption, in the…

24th November 2022

Peru sets anchovy quota

24th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

As part of its efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched Por La Pesca, a new public-private partnership to support artisanal fishing in both Ecuador and Peru.

14th October 2022

Ecuador, Peru fishing boost

14th October 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Peruvian company TASA has taken ownership of the fishing industry’s first unmanned surface vessel (USV) for cost effective fish finding and oceanographic and marine resource monitoring.

15th June 2022

First fisheries drone goes to Peru

15th June 2022