PERU fishing with guts to report…
Mackerel, Mackerel and Pota are the species most sought by Peruvian says Gustavo Ferreyros fisheries RATE Commercial Manager.
Of the 600,000 tons of fish consumed by Peruvians each year on average 450,000 tonnes for presentation in fresh, canned 150,000 tonnes and 50 to 60,000 tons of frozen, the latter which has experienced greater growth in the last year being .
On average Peruvian consumes 22 kilos of fish per year, which places it in the first place in the region, well above the second is Chile with 13 kilos. However, for Ferreyros, being our country from a fishing power should be compared with other countries senior in the industry as Spain or Japan whose annual per capita consumption are in the 60 and 70 kilos respectively.
In order to achieve greater fish consumption as TASA different fishing companies are making an effort to increase direct human consumption in the country.
The presentation of new and original products made from fish such as anchovy are needed to encourage greater consumption. In the case of the Sierra, increased consumption goes through a wider distribution of frozen products to these areas.
Last year the canned products suffered a setback while frozen were the largest growth in the field of direct human consumption.
