PRODUCE, the Peruvian Ministry of Production’s Fishing Vice Ministry, the entity that executes and directs the sector’s policies to guarantee the rational management of fishing resources and preservation of the environment, issued resolution 137-2009 authorizing the start of the first fishing season on 20 April at 00:00 hours in the area between the center – north area of Peru (North of 16th parallel).
The maximum allowable catch limit of anchovy for indirect human consumption for the first fishing season is 3,500,000 MT.
The first fishing season will end once the maximum allowable catch limit is reached, otherwise on 20 July 2009. This date may be extended according to the biological environment, prior report from the Instituto del Mar Peruano, IMARPE.
