Peru's second fishing season in the center-north region will generate around US$900 million in exports, the National Fisheries Society (SNP) reported today.
According to SNP President Elena Conterno, the industry has a 1.3 added-value multiplying effect in the economy. Thus, it is expected to generate an extra US$1 billion in production due to productive chaining, consumption and investment.
Conterno also referred to the close link between the sector's impact on GDP and the evolution of Peruvian anchovy fishing.
"Anchovy output reached 430,000 metric tons (MT) in November, and we project 800,000MT for December, compared to the 301,000MT and 514,000MT [registered] in November and December 2015, respectively," she remarked.
"This means an increase in the fishing and national GDP."
Sustainability
The SNP President highlighted the sector's interest in anchovy sustainability, which is closely related to fishing sustainability.
In this sense, the last biomass measurement study carried out by the Marine Institute of Peru (Imarpe) revealed a healthy level in the center-north region: 6.86 million MT of biomass.
"Fishing companies associated to the guild are being responsible by alerting about fishing of juvenile [species] to boost the closing of areas. As a result, added incidence is below Imarpe estimates," she said.
Species sustainability
"Our guild ratifies its commitment to the species' sustainability. We are the most interested in its preservation, since it is only with sustainability that US$7 billion invested in vessels and plants generate value," Conterno assured.
In this sense, she pointed to Imarpe, worldwide renowned on account of its professional level, as the only reliable source of scientific data on the matter.
Likewise, the guild leader recalled that international organizations such as OECD had highlighted Peru's industrial fishing activity for indirect human consumption, as well-regulated and controlled.
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