The world's major fisheries have reached their full exploitation and in many cases even predation and disappearance.

Peru has with Anchovy, the planet's most abundant fishery.

Let's see what this development slows really be diversified and productive.

Another sword of Damocles hanging over the industry is operating overhead resulting from management decisions facing fishing for human consumption as if it were the milling activity.

Many of these evils are not the responsibility of the current government, but it is in its hands to be able to solve them without taking a single cent from the fiscal coffer. Just to cite some solution approaches, we can propose that Anchovy processing companies for human consumption be authorized to have their own vessels, according to their production capacity and tied to their plant license. This would ensure their supply and not fall into the paradox of having to import fish from Asia because they do not have a few thousand tons for canning or freezing. Let us remember that in the last 3 years, 5 million tons of anchovies have been caught on average. In the case of Pota, a solution must be agreed that respects artisanal fishermen and ensures supply to industrial establishments. It is appropriate to sanction non-compliance with the deadlines set by Produce itself to attend to the files and outsource their evaluation so that not a single procedure is delayed. Simplify the leafy, confusing and often contradictory supervision and control legislation to make it more effective and not force companies to put an army of employees to serve the officials of PRODUCE, OEFA, ANA, REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, DIGESA, SANIPES, etc. Look for innovative systems, proposed a few years ago, such as the exchange of fines (which take years to collect and are never used to promote the generation of wealth) for immediate and productive investment in direct human consumption, aquaculture, artisanal fishing or science and technology. It is essential that incentives for aquaculture be restored (equal to those in force in agriculture) and that associations between companies, the State and universities be promoted for the development of new crops that are so successful in other countries.

If convert to support fisheries for direct human consumption in a policy of the Peruvian State, we could achieve in the next 5 years than 500,000 malnourished Peruvian children today, cease to be;

It is now in the hands of the Minister Ghezzi and President Ollanta Humala that invigorate and diversify fisheries. It costs money to do so, we need political will and capacity to act now decision; you do not miss the opportunity.

By: * Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre
Former Deputy Minister of Fisheries