's extractive activity experienced an expansion of 81.4% last September in Peru by registering a landing volume of 156,400 metric tons versus the 82,200 tons recorded in the same period of 2019,
The government official explained that this result was mainly favored by the positive performance of the extractive activity geared towards direct human consumption, which expanded 81.5%.
In this case, greater catches of
anchovy stood out. These registered an increase of 71.3%, as did the catches of
giant squid (+136.3%), horse mackerel (+335.0%), bonito (+301.3%), and mackerel (+1,247.3%), among other species for direct human consumption.
"This, in turn, contributed to the good performance of other spheres, such as: the canned (126.8%), frozen (124.8%), cured (29.2%), and fresh (13.8%) ones," he asserted.
On the other hand, the Cabinet member explained that there were no landings of
anchovy destined for indirect human consumption due to the lack of catches of this resource in the southern area of Peru's coast as result of the unfavorable climatic and oceanographic conditions.
Economic contribution
The
Production Ministry head said that fishery resources value increased 7.3% last September, compared to what was registered in the same period of 2019.
This led to income worth S/180 million (about US$49.79 million).
He also highlighted that such figure was reached due to the increase in the value of fishery resources destined for direct human consumption.