From 00 hours on Saturday, November 16, the second anchovy industrial fishing season of 2019 will begin in the north-central area of ​​Peru.

This was established by the Ministry of Production (Produce), through Ministerial Resolution 483-2019, which defines the quota for extracting the precious resource at 2 million 786 thousand tons.
 

The deadline for extraction will culminate once the maximum authorized permissible catch limit has been reached, or failing that, when recommended by the Institute of the Sea of ​​Peru (Imarpe).

According to Peruvian market information, the mid-north anchovy resource investigation activity may begin on August 26-27,

It’s divided into two stages. The first stage is the inspection of spawning counts for 3-4 weeks, and the second stage is sonar. The study will last for about 40 days.

Therefore, the exploration activity in central and northern Peru is expected to end at October, and it remains to be officially announced by Peru.

Peru’s anchovy catches in the first season were 4.6 percent below average landings of the past five years.

In general, fish landings in the year through July fell 22 percent compared with the same period last year, despite July alone seeing flat catches year-on-year.

The fall in anchovy landings is due to the several mini-bans imposed during the season and the lower quota.

Peru's Ministry of Production on Friday officially announced the first season of the country's anchovy harvest in north-central waters will begin on May 4, with a quota of 2.1 million metric tons, according to the country's official news agency, Andina.
 

The quota is  lower than last year 3.3 millions metric tons because of the impact generated by the warming of the waters off the Peruvian coast due to the El Niño phenomenon.