Congresswoman chimbotana Dacia Nena Escalante León, challenged the Minister of Production, Jose Nicanor Gonzales Quijano to discuss techniques to define the area of \u200b\u200bartisanal fisheries in the Peruvian coast, at the premises of Radio Programas del Peru (RPP), where he was interviewed today.
legislator maintains that the goal is to preserve the fishery resource for direct human consumption (CHD), represented by large majorities in favor of the poorest in Peru.
In this regard, said he would present a bill to define conceptually what is fishing, which is the fishing area, etc., Since the rules promulgated formerly Ministerial Resolution 017-2002, the Fisheries Act 1992 and the DS N º 003-2008-PRODUCE, through catch quotas is contributing financially to the big companies like Copeinca, Austral, Tassa, Hayduk and Exalmar .
"We are proposing a new bill which they can establish new actions specific to each area (north, central, south), in order not to harm fisheries artisanal and small-scale fishing industry, whose ability to capture is 30 tons, and what define whether this type of fishing is for Consumption Direct human, "he added.
said that given the different characteristics of the continental shelf in the Peruvian coast in the southern area would be the 5 miles and the northern area could reach 20 miles.
today stated that a tonne of anchovies for canning is about $ 123 and meal costs up to $ 300, why the fishermen with a boat with a capacity 30 to 40 tons, calan for the production of flour, leaving the Direct human consumption.
On the other hand, the parliament showed that the situation is exacerbated by the enactment of the Fisheries Management Regulation issued on 27 June by the Ministry of production, as it states 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5 and 1 nautical mile fishing zone to as artisanal vessels for anchovy resource extraction, contrary to what the MRI says No. 017-2002 established the 5 nautical miles.
Lima, June 30, 2010.
