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The scientific management of anchovy is recognized worldwide, except in Peru, by some detractors, says Patzl. (Photo: cover El Comercio)
Pesquera Tasa: “Either you are sustainable, or you do not survive in time
PERU
Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 01:00 (GMT + 9)
The main producer and exporter of fish oil and fishmeal in the world, Tasa (Tecnología de Alimentos S.A.), is also a pioneer in the commitment to sustainability practices in the country.
"It is not for pure philanthropy but without being aware of the environment, especially in the Fisheries sector, businesses do not have much options to survive," says Institutional Relations Manager Michael Patzl, to the Peruvian newspaper El Comercio.
Is it profitable for a fishery and processing group to invest and promote sustainability practices?
Without fish, without anchovy, our investments are a lot of steel junk, with boats and plants that could not work. The most interested in caring for the marine ecosystem and working on sustainability are the formal fishing companies. Sustainability is no longer an option, or you are sustainable or do not survive in time.
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Is a joint work done in the industry based on this context?
The famous maximum catch limit per vessel law, which has already taken 10 years, has ensured that anchovy biomass remains stable. The scientific management of anchovy is recognized worldwide, except in Peru, by some detractors.
This allowed to end the famous Olympic race, where there was only one quota and everyone threw themselves on it. The fishing effort was reduced, the boats were lowered (from more than 1,000 to approximately 800), the speed was reduced, and therefore the fuel consumption and emissions. If you take it to profitability, it is important. The sector invested more than US$ 500 million to adapt to the new standards.
Locations of TASA Group along the Peruvian coast | Click on the image to enlarge
Does informal fishing affect them?
As everywhere, there is informality, and we must try to work to promote formality. Everything that affects sustainability and does not comply with the rules of the game and the law, affects. They end up polluting the environment, rivers, and therefore, it ends up hurting us too.
The main pollution of the sea is from the rivers and drains. Formal companies treat their effluents and when they leave they are completely harmless, but in parallel you have municipal drains that end up in the bays. Then the fishing sector is hit and they do not realize that the main pollutants are tailings companies or agricultural pollution.
Author: Daniel Macera / elcomercio.pe | Read full interview here (Spanish only)
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