Artisanal Fisheries, one of the main economic engines of the country and is present in 10 regions of the Peruvian Coast, has been developing its activities in 70% of informality, so Rios said Omar Bravo, Head of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Production.

Specialist revealed that the main causes that have generated this fishing gap include increased population of fishermen and boats, and lack of enforcement of existing rules.

According to the I Artisanal Fishing Census, the population of this Sector amounts to approximately 47 thousand fishermen with 12 thousand boats, in which the regions of northern Peru Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque, La Libertad and Ancash represent almost 50%, equivalent to 24.508 Fishermen.

However, the specialist explained that the growth of Fishworkers and their boats in the last 17 years in the five regions mentioned increased by 35%.

“In the II Structural Survey of Artisanal Fisheries on the Peruvian Coast 2004-2005 there was a growth of 34% compared to the first survey, which was 28%. However, in the 2012 Artisanal Fishing Census the figure increased by 41%”, scored.

Against this background, Rivers Bravo said that there is a decrease in volumes of extraction of water resources, which has led the effort Artisan Fishing grow considerably.

"Informality causes uncontrolled to acquire the fruits of the sea, this means that a fisherman would no longer takes one or two days to fish until a week", He said.

Patricia Ocampo Escalante, Head of Production Management of Regional Government of Lambayeque, reaffirmed that the Fishing Sector indices have declined considerably because of informality, which are due to bureaucratic barriers required by the regulations of legal institutions in part and competent audit.

"A requirement for a Fishworkers achieve its formalization is to have completed secondary school. If we go to a real plane many of these do not, must arise a proposal to relax the requirements to reduce informality "He said.

In the last Census Artisanal Fisheries, he added, 62% of fishermen have completed basic education. 51% of artisanal fishermen are concentrated in the ports of Piura, Ica and Ancash.

Escalante Ocampo also proposed to generate roundtables to allow fishermen to present their contingency plans to achieve both economic and environmental stability.

Similarly, he stressed the importance of boosting the production chains of Artisanal Fisheries by 20% of Procompite, this would allow the poorest fishermen achieve a stable productive enterprise.

The Commission produces Congress held in the District of Puerto Eten public hearing "Problems of Artisanal Fisheries and smaller scale of Lambayeque: proposed solutions"The same was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Production, the National Fisheries Development Fund and the Regional Government of Lambayeque.

SOURCE: Larepublica.pe