SNP argued that the Peruvian Horse Mackerel should be treated differently to the Chilean

Through a press release, the National Fisheries Society of Peru (SNP) said it is encouraging research mackerel for a "better decisions" in order to establish that the population of this species in the neighboring country

Thus the union is making the "V Diagnostic Workshop on the State of Mackerel" that takes place between the 3rd and 5th of September, and the actors involved in scientific research fishing gather,

The Chairperson of the fishing entity, Elena Conterno, said that the findings from this workshop a report that will support Peru's arguments before the Regional Organization for Planning the South Pacific Fisheries (RFMOs-PS) "to be presented to establish that the mackerel population of Peru is different from Chile, so it must have different treatments. "

He stressed that the Peruvian Government has made significant progress on this issue and it is expected that at the next meeting of the SPRFMO, when an analysis of how much should be fished is carried out, "Take into account two stocks of mackerel and not one".

Similarly, Elena Conterno argued that vessels fishing companies associated to the union representing possess abundant and updated information on oceanography, acoustics, geostatistics, size, species, catch, among others, who get in their various fishing operations.

"This valuable data collected should be analyzed and made available to universities and research centers in the world who need to thereby achieve a better understanding of our resources and achieve their best sustainable management"He argued, adding that is why the SNP has acquired more than the $ 60,000 cost specialized software to systematize the information collected by the vessels and obtain scientific information applied.

"This is a demonstration of how the public and private sectors can work together with academia and the scientific community for the benefit of resource sustainability"Said the helmsman of the SNP, concluding that fisheries "also require monitoring and surveillance."

SOURCE: Aqua.cl