The second fishing season's quota for Peru’s indirect human consumption anchovy fishery is significantly lower than last year’s, the Peruvian Ministry of Production's Vice Minister of Fishing said Monday.
The maximum allowable catch limit set by the ministry is 810,000 metric tons -- down 68 percent from last year's quota.
Last year’s second season quota was 2.5 million metric tons, Peruvian anchovy fishing giant Copeinca said. The impact of the decrease is yet unknown, a spokesperson for Copeinca told IntraFish.
The season is set to start Nov.
