PERU fishing with guts to report…
“La temperatura del Mar tiende a la normalización, las aguas están frías”, says Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Juan Carlos Requejo. This made it clear that there is no warning about a new El Nino this year, as it raised last American scientific institution (NOAA-for its acronym in English) week.
Rather he said that that body follows up another area of the Pacific Ocean -zona Centre-, so that their forecasts are not applied 100% to our shores.
After this clarification, Requejo reiterated that this will be a good year for anchovy fishing, which was impacted by El Niño in 2014. He estimated that catches will increase this year by 30% compared to last year. The industrial sector goes fishing since last July.
Alfredo Vicuña, Expert on fisheries issues, commented that arrive late March a new wave Kelvin, mass of warm water, to our shores. However, he said he will not have major impact on the fishing season in the North Central, which begins in April zone.
EXPECTATIONS
After expressing his match in this climate issue, the President of the National Fisheries Society (SNP), Elena Conterno, considered that the growth rate will be even well above the conservative scenario PRODUCE 30%.
"We believe that the share of first season [in north-central] volumes will be in a normal year, between 2 and 3.5 million tonnes"He said. The cruise that investigates the current biomass of anchovy culminate on April 1. For the April 10 will be processed the information and the catch quota is determined.
TEMA LEGAL
► Despite the current scenario, the SNP asked PRODUCE establish 'gatilladores' to enable the industry to enter from the mile 5 in exceptional circumstances, as permitted by law.
► The SNP said the legal process against the current system, which leads to fish from mile 10, is still in its initial phase.
► On the contrary, the process followed by the fishing vessel owners against the current system is awaiting a final decision of the Supreme Court.
SOURCE: Elcomercio.pe
