. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 52 Peru (Contd.): FISH-MEAL PRODUCERS APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT The Association of Small and Medium Fish-Meal Producers has written the Minis- try of Agriculture, which is responsible for fisheries, complaining that low fish-meal prices and lack of capital have forced many of its plants to close. The letter says that unless the situation improves, many plants will close for Conveyor belt carrying anchovies into fish meal plant for proc- essing. (Photo: M. J. Lindner) Among the causes cited was Decree 77 of December 9, 1967; this prevents
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 52 Peru (Contd.): FISH-MEAL PRODUCERS APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT The Association of Small and Medium Fish-Meal Producers has written the Minis- try of Agriculture, which is responsible for fisheries, complaining that low fish-meal prices and lack of capital have forced many of its plants to close. The letter says that unless the situation improves, many plants will close for Conveyor belt carrying anchovies into fish meal plant for proc- essing. (Photo: M. J. Lindner) Among the causes cited was Decree 77 of December 9, 1967; this prevents "free com- mercialization" of fish meal. The Associa- tion claims that the decree favors Peru's competitors: it creates an artificial satura- tion of the market and forces Peru to main- tain enormous stocks of fish meal, which ad- versely affect prices. What Association Asks The Association asked that Decree 77 be modified to make the marketing machinery voluntary, not obligatory. The Ministry was asked also to enforce the anchoveta catch limit of 8 million metric tons, to speed paper- work involved in getting fish meal shipped, and to transfer the responsibility for record- ing fish-meal exports from the National Fish- eries Society (SNP) tothe Ministry. ("Pesca," Dec. 1967.) CONSULTANTS RECOMMEND HAKE INDUSTRY TO GOVERNMENT A Spanish consulting firm, "Techniberia," has recommended to the Peruvian Govern- ment that it set up a hake catching and dis- tribution operation. The recommendation followed the firm's study of the fishing indus- try and fish resources. Firm's Thoughts Techniberia observed: (1) There is little chance of a dramatic increase in catch of currently desired species--mullet, seabass, and others--because they are relative scarce; (2) Prospects for large-scale marketing of fish are more favorable for frozen than for fresh products; (3) Large-scale sales of fro- zen hake would not conflict with sales of fresh fish; and (4) It would b
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