PERU fishing with guts to report…
The international marine conservation organization Oceana, assessed that at the last meeting of the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation South Pacific (ORP), held in Oakland, New Zealand, has been included to ship factory Pacific Andes, commonly known as Lafayette, "The Lafayette is an emblem of predation of the seas worldwide. It is a very important step that such ships are now subject to effective to continue operating bans. We must continue strengthening organizations such as the ORP to ensure sustainability of transboundary fish stocks "Said Alex Muñoz, executive director of Oceana. The company Pacific Andes International Holdings, built this ship in 2008 with an investment reached US $ 100 millionTransforming an old tanker in the world's largest fishing vessel. The ship, which today has Peruvian flag, but that has changed repeatedly flag in order to circumvent controls, functions as a mother ship to transport catches of other trawlers that leads inside. Then classifies catches, processed and frozen on board, for further transport to the respective markets. The Lafayette is seen as a threat to the preservation of marine habitat because, as will be credited to the ORP, has been repeatedly involved in IUU fishing. Experts have calculated that if this ship would operate daily, would have the technical capacity to process 547,000 tonnes board of fish per year.
SOURCE: Ecoticias.com
