The Peruvian government today presented the successful results of the first anchovy fishing season 2024 in the North-Central zone, which reached a landing of 2,430,589 MT, representing 98.21% of the global quota assigned.
 

On board the Scientific Research Vessel (BIC) Humboldt, in Callao, the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte, together with the Minister of Production, Sergio González Guerrero, announced the success of the season that officially began on April 16, 2024 with a Total Maximum Allowable Catch Limit (LMTCP) of 2,475,000 tons.
 

“We are meeting today to mark the close of a fishing season that has been exemplary in many ways. As President, it is an honor to address you, dear fishermen, fishing companies and authorities who allowed the successful development of this first fishing season, after going through very complicated years for the fishing sector due to adverse weather conditions,” said President Dina Boluarte.
 

The Head of State stated that the extractive activity required 12 thousand direct jobs and 37 thousand indirect jobs throughout the fishing chain. She also pointed out that 691 fishing vessels (294 steel and 397 wooden) participated.
 

He also stated that the numbers presented today are important and impact the recovery of the economy in the country, showing that in May a growth of 5.04% was achieved, a rate that had not been recorded since the pre-pandemic stage. “We are facing the year of the country's economic recovery,” he reaffirmed.
 

At another time, President Dina Boluarte announced that through a supplementary credit, 9.3 million soles will be allocated for the maintenance of the scientific research vessel (BIC) Humboldt, the main platform for research into our hydrogeological resources.
 

For his part, the head of PRODUCE, Sergio González, said that the established quota for the first anchovy fishing season was confirmed thanks to scientific research carried out by the Peruvian Marine Institute (Imarpe).
 

“Today we close the first season with positive news, because it was a responsible season and constantly monitored by the Ministry of Production. In addition, we consider it to have been a successful season because more than 98% of the assigned quota was caught, which is equivalent to 2,430,000 tons,” said the minister.
 

It is worth mentioning that, through Ministerial Resolution No. 000289-2024, it was established that tomorrow, Thursday, July 18, from 00:00 hours, the first fishing season for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus) resources will be concluded, corresponding to the north-central zone of Peru, in the maritime area between the northern end of the maritime domain of Peru and 16º00'S
 

Minister González also explained that the main ports where the discharges took place were: Malabrigo, Chimbote, Coishco, Callao, Supe, Chancay and Tambo de Mora; the main plants that received the resource were: TASA (21%), Exalmar (16%), COPEINCA (13%), Diamante (15%) and Hayduk (11%).