Anchovy landing in the first fishing season in the North-Central zone exceeded 1 million tons

The head of PRODUCE, Sergio González, indicated that, up to this point, these landings would have meant a contribution of 0.28% to the Peru GDP

The Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) confirmed the landing of 1,048,031 tons of anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus) resources for indirect human consumption from the first fishing season of 2024 in the North-Central zone, according to statistics updated as of May 6.

The head of PRODUCE, Sergio González, highlighted that this figure corresponds to 42.34% of the 2,475,000 tons of quota assigned for the season that began on April 16.

Likewise, he referred that it would have generated a contribution of 13.1% to the Fishing GDP, and a contribution of 0.28% to the national economy in aggregate terms (GDP) in the entire productive activity.

"In terms of exports, it has been contributing 18.9% of the fish shipments outside the country, equivalent to USD 564 million in foreign exchange for the country," he added.

Similarly, he specified that the extractive activity would have demanded around 11.8 thousand direct jobs and 36.2 thousand indirect jobs throughout the fishing extractive activity chain.

By zones and vessels

On the other hand, Minister González added that the ports where the highest volumes of landing are being registered are: Malabrigo, Chimbote, Callao, Coishco, and Chancay.

According to the fishing progress, it should be considered that the steel fleet (DL 25977) recorded a landing of 770,319 tons; while the wooden fleet (Law 26920) reached 277,712 tons.

"In the first 21 days of the anchovy fishing season, landings have been occurring at an average rate of 49,906 tons per day. We consider that, so far, the operations are going very well and we hope they continue like this until reaching the maximum allowed quota and allowing higher income for the country and the fishing sector," he concluded.