# Around 150 thousand tons of anchoveta are used for illegal fishmeal production in Peru every year | Oceana

> Oceana Peru published research identifying 62 facilities involved in producing dark fishmeal from fresh anchoveta intended for human consumption in northern and central Peru. The study estimates around 150,000 tonnes of anchoveta are diverted each year, with Pisco hosting the most illegal plants.

- Date: 2019-02-14 · published 2019-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Peru · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60512-around-150-thousand-tons-of-anchoveta-are-used-for-illegal-fishmeal-production
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

The diversion of roughly 150,000 tonnes of anchoveta into illegal fishmeal could add to Peruvian fishmeal supply and pressure prices, though the volume is small compared with the industrial catch, so the effect is likely modest.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- oceana.org: https://oceana.org/press-releases/around-150-thousand-tons-anchoveta-are-used-illegal-fishmeal-production/

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