# El Niño declared; Peru cancels first anchovy season

> Warm waters push anchoveta south and deep; Peru cancels the season, driving fishmeal to record highs.

- Date: 2023-06-08 · published 2023-06-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region South America
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26-el-nino-declared-peru-cancels-first-anchovy-season
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-05-25 | [Peru: El Niño delays anchovy fishing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35843-peru-el-nino-delays-anchovy-fishing-season.md) | -2.3% | +6.9% |
| SBM | 2023-06-01 | [Peru anchovy firms concerned over El Niño-driven delays to main fishing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35841-peru-anchovy-firms-concerned-over-el-nino-driven-delays-to-main-fishing-season.md) | +2.6% | +1.5% |
| SBM | 2023-07-10 | [El Niño's dark cloud hangs over second Peru anchovy season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34936-el-nino-s-dark-cloud-hangs-over-second-peru-anchovy-season.md) | +3.9% | +8.0% |
| SBM | 2026-08-20 | [Aquafeed.com \|
   

   
    Peru officially ends first 2026 anchovy season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17834-aquafeed-com-peru-officially-ends-first-2026-anchovy-season.md) | +4.6% | +11.2% |
| SBM | 2024-01-12 | [Peru ends second anchovy season \| The Fish Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32058-peru-ends-second-anchovy-season-the-fish-site.md) | -0.1% | -3.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-07-11 | [How Africa can prepare against the next El Niño and why - Sub-Saharan Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69879-how-africa-can-prepare-against-the-next-el-nino-and-why-sub-saharan-africa.md) | -1.2% | +0.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-04-29 | [El Niño can help predict cacao harvests](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47527-el-nino-can-help-predict-cacao-harvests.md) | +3.3% | +9.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-07-01 | [WMO: Prepare for El Niño](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18729-wmo-prepare-for-el-nino.md) | +0.6% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_anchoveta

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