Imarpe recommends not to open second anchovy fishing season in Peru

The Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE) has recommended not to open the country’s second anchovy fishing season until stocks have recovered. This decision is part of a report following the completion of Operation Eureka LXVII, which found major changes in the marine environment due to the recurring impact of Kelvin waves.  IMARPE noted that the anchovy habitat has been significantly reduced and that a large portion of the anchovy in the Northern-Central region consisted of juveniles.   The report concluded that “keeping the Northern-Central Anchovy Stock fishery closed until there is evidence of recovery and the environmental conditions have become normal while continuing with the monitoring of the anchovy and the ecosystem".

IFFO supports the continuing scientific investigations in this area in an effort to ensure the long term protection of these stocks.  IMARPE’s findings of a large number of juveniles is a positive indicator for stocks in 2015. 

The full report is available in Spanish here - http://www.imarpe.pe/imarpe/archivos/informes/eureka19al23nmov2014.pdf

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Notes for Editors

  1. IFFO represents the marine ingredients industry worldwide. IFFO’s members reside in more than 60 countries, account for over 50% of world production and 75% of the fishmeal and fish oil traded worldwide. Approximately 5 million tonnes of fishmeal are produced each year globally, together with 1 million tonnes of fish oil. IFFO’s headquarters are located in London in the United Kingdom and it also has offices in Lima, Peru, and in Beijing, China. IFFO is an accredited Observer to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). For more information, visit the IFFO website - http://www.iffo.net/
  2. The Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS) is a business-to-business certification programme that enables a compliant factory to demonstrate that it responsibly sources its raw material from well-managed fisheries and responsibly converts that into pure and safe products. To be certified fishmeal and fish oil factories must demonstrate sourcing from well managed fisheries and safe and traceable production. Assessments are conducted by an independent certification body and in just over two years, IFFO RS has successfully attracted 90 certified factories, spread across nine countries. Most of the largest fisheries such as Peruvian anchovy, Alaskan Pollock, Blue Whiting in UK, Iceland and Norway, Gulf menhaden in USA and many more have been approved for supply into the manufacturing food chain including whole fish and by- product raw material to produce compliant fishmeal and fish oil. For more information visit the IFFO RS Website - http://www.iffo.net/iffo-rs
  3. Fishmeal is a natural, balanced, highly nutritious feed ingredient used in diets for farmed fish and crustaceans and as a high protein supplement in nutritionally demanding periods in the life cycle of pigs and poultry, as well as in pet food.
  4. Fish oil is the major natural source (97%) of the healthy long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, EPA and DHA. Most fish oil is used in feeds for farmed fish and there is an expanding market for fish oil for human nutritional supplements and functional foods.