Fishing only reached 3 million tonnes in 2014

The decline Fishing Sector in 2014 has been significant. The extraction of this resource has two purposes: Direct human consumption and industrial processing (flour and oil).

In 2014, only three metric tons ™ product were captured. Of this, 64% went to Indirect Human Consumption (CHI); and the remaining 36% to direct human consumption (CHD).

This was due to the reduction in landings of anchovy, almost 52.6%, primarily aimed at the development of flour. However, this decrease was offset by the increased catch destined for processing frozen in 13.4% and fresh human consumption by 5.8%.

In 2011, landings were 6.8 million tonnes of anchovy, while in 2014 were 2.3 million, the third of the regular landings.

OPTIMISM FOR 2015
According to Elena Conterno, president of the National Fisheries Society, 2014 was a very difficult industry Fishmeal, Fish Sector main activity of year.

However, the outlook for this sector in 2015 are good because that studies predict an increase in biomass.

The export of fish products represents 7% of foreign exchange into the country. It is therefore necessary to strengthen this sector through strategies for the modernization of facilities, technical capacity building and improvement of fisheries management.

DID YOU KNOW ...

The processing of the application in 2014 compiled a volume of 1'078,700 TMB; ie there was a decrease of 38% compared to 2013, as a result of reduced production volumes of flour (52.9%) and fish oil (44.7%).
In late 2014, exports of fishery products reached a total volume of 1'525,219 TMB, we have obtained an income of 2906.5 mllns currencies. -FOB US $, an increase of 4.6% and 5%, respectively, compared to 2013.

SOURCE: Peru21.pe