They are asking Congress to pass legislation recognizing artisanal fishermen in a second vote.

Fisheries representatives Armando Paiva And John Cervantes They asked the Congress of the Republic to approve in a second vote an opinion recognizing artisanal fishermen, and argued that five miles given that this is an area that must be prepared for this type of activity.

Armando Paiva: “Congress must take responsibility for food”

Representative of the Union of Artisanal Fishermen “El Toril” Payty, Armando Paivaclarified that this is the responsibility parliament nutrition and the fight against malnutrition in different regions of the country.

“Congress must take responsibility for providing food and fighting malnutrition. that we have high rates in our regions, in the Piura region and the Andean highlands, so that these resources are conserved and can be a palliative remedy for malnutrition in the country,” he said in News extension from PTR.

“Scientific experience and comparisons with other countries tell us that resources should in principle be protected, because although this is true, many times Imarpe gives a catch quota, and so far there is no resolution stating that so many thousand tons of them for dolphins, whales, seabirds who should also eat anchovies. They dose only for commercial fishing. These parameters should be understood as biomass, and industrial miners should know that this resource, in this area, which we ask you to protect yourself within five milesThis is an exclusive zone that should only be set aside for selective artisanal fishing,” he added.

Juan Cervantes: “This decision will allow us to streamline our fishing sector”

President of the Regional Federation of Artisanal Fishermen of Arequipa, John Cervantesnoted that the bill, approved in Congress could help streamline the national fishing sector.

“I want to reach out to the hearts of congressmen with the goal that in the second vote this law that protects five miles of the Peruvian Sea for the benefit of more than 80,000 artisanal fishermen across the country,” he said.

“The same bill establishes that the Ministry of Mining, on the basis of the recommendation of the Institute of the Peruvian Sea (Imarpe), approves the list of fishing gear and methods allowed within five miles. Fishing artisanal, industrial, high-altitude “We believe that this should be reflected in the new General Law about fishing. This is a very special law. This is not a whole, but a part of the issue to be resolved in the General Fisheries Act. A law that is drafted approved in the Congress of the Republic, in one way or another, It was a conscious decision to start booking our fishing sector once and for all.. A complete mess,” he concluded.