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2.4 Behaviour of the main fisheries
The main resource of anchoveta, with 92.5 percent of the total 2005 landings, was
almost entirely dedicated to the production of fishmeal, even though its potential to be
used as foodfish had been demonstrated. Another important species, South American
pilchard/sardine, had been dedicated mainly to the production of fishmeal and as raw
material for the fish canning and freezing industry. However, capture levels suffered a
serious decline that is expected to reverse in the near future.
The Chilean jack mackerel and the chub mackerel are increasingly being used in
fishmeal production, despite the higher profit that can be realized when these species
are processed for direct consumption. The Resolucion Suprema Na 001-2002-PE
mandates that sardine, jack mackerel and chub mackerel should only be dedicated to
direct human consumption.
In 2005, the jumbo flying squid was a very important resource. Its availability
1995-2005 remained constant, and during 2006 it was one of the main frozen fish
commodities exported.
As of 2006, the South Pacific hake was the main domestic commercial species and
the landing was mostly frozen. Catches declined thereafter and the fishery closed
subsequently.
Landing ports are located along the entire coast of Peru, the main ports being
Chimbote in the Department of Ancash, Pisco in the Department of Ica and Chancay
in Lima. The landings of anchoveta by fishing port for 2004 and 2005 are given in Table
5, while the distribution of ports along the coast is shown in Figure 6
TABLE 4
Main landings, 1997–2005 (thousand tonnes)
Species 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Marine fish 7 838 4 310 8 392 10 626 7 956 8 741 6 061 9 574 9 353
Anchoveta 5 952 1 912 6 751 9 580 6 495 8 111 5 349 8 813 8 656
Sardine 625 908 188 226 60 7 9 2 1
Chilean jack mackerel 650 387 185 297 724 154 218 187 81
Chub mackerel 206 402 528 73 176 33 94 62 53
Common dolphinfish 5 21 2 11 28 30 36 31 37
South Pacific hake 178 82 37 83 125 46 8 39 31
Jumbo flying squid 16 1 55 54 72 146 154 270 291
Other fish 206 597 647 302 275 214 194 170 204
Continental 33 34 39 34 39 33 37 44 47
Total 7 871 4 344 8 431 10 661 7 995 8 775 6 098 9 618 9 400
Source: PRODUCE (2001, 2002, 2003a, 2004, 2005, 2006a)FIGURE 5
Landings in Peru, 2000–2005
(thousand tonnes)Source: PRODUCE (2001, 2002, 2003a, 2004, 2005, 2006a)012 000
10 000
8 000
6 000
4 000
2 000(^200020012002200320042005)
Thousand tonnes
Pelagic fish Other fish