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Produce's Jose Gonzales says the ROP provides for a rational, sustainable and sanitarily safe operation of anchovy. (Photo: Produce)
Artisanal anchovy fishing oversight in play
PERU
Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 03:20 (GMT + 9)
The Ministry of Production (Produce) published the Regulation of Fishery Oversight (ROP) of the anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and longnose anchovy (Anchoa nasus) resources for direct human consumption (CHD), in a bid to preserve their sustainability, regulate artisanal fishing and guarantee the food security of the country.
According to the head of Produce, Jose Gonzales, “the ROP puts forth norms for a rational, sustainable and sanitarily safe operation of anchovy for direct human consumption, fomenting fishery development as a source of food, jobs and income.”
The new norm puts forth a group of measures that impact the national level, oriented at promoting and increasing the consumption of pelagic fish in the population.
The Government seeks to increase consumption from two to four kg annually towards late 2011 and help to reduce the levels of malnutrition.
The authorities insist that it is necessary that the fishing of the resource be realised by artisanal fishing vessels that possess permits and registries of tasks in effect.
"[We] are looking to reduce illegality and informality in order to improve the supply of the anchovy for direct human consumption,” emphasised Gonzales.
Shipowners that seek to participate in the fishery must possess the sanitary technical protocol granted by the National Service of Fisheries Health (SANIPES), and have signed agreements of anchovy provision for CHD with one or more processing establishments.
The term will extend for 90 days following the enactment of the ministerial resolution that approves the agreement model.
Similarly, fishing vessel shipowners who fulfil the regulations of the ROP will be able to obtain financial support through credits granted by the National Foundation of Fishing Development (FONDEPES).
After receiving recommendations from the Peruvian Marine Research Institute (IMARPE), the Government will put forth the measurements of the purse seiner net and other fishing gear, and the minimum mesh size for the net, the minimum sizes for capture, the percentage of tolerance and percentage of incidental fishing.
The new regulation specifies that the extraction, manipulation and unloading of anchovy on board must be carried out in sanitary hygienic conditions, assuring the state of freshness and innocuity of the pelagic resource.
According to the latest Statistics Bulletin authored by Produce, 47,400 tonnes of anchovy were landed in April, that is, 94.3 per cent less than in the same month of 2009, when 821,300 tonnes were unloaded.
Meanwhile, 387,300 tonnes of anchovy were landed between January and April, 59.6 per cent less than in the same fourth-month period of 2009.
By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com
Photo Courtesy of FIS Member  PRODUCE -Ministerio de la Producción-
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