# Positive first fishing season in Peru ongoing

> Peru's first anchovy fishing season of 2018 began on 12 April with a TAC of 3.32 million tonnes, the highest since 2011, and was almost fully caught by early July. Peruvian plants produced nearly 1 million tonnes of fishmeal and 170,000 tonnes of fish oil in the first half of 2018, up 40% and 77% year on year.

- Date: 2018-10-15 · published 2018-10-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Peru · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62440-positive-first-fishing-season-in-peru-ongoing
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Ample Peruvian fishmeal output supports sufficient global supply and a downward price trend for fishmeal, which lowers protein costs for feed compounders.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- fao.org: https://www.fao.org/in-action/globefish/news-events/news/news-detail/Positive-first-fishing-season-in-Peru-ongoing/en

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