# Seafood Media Group - Worldnews - Fishing industry expects 'El Niño' has no big impact on anchovy

> Peruvian fishing companies expect El Niño to have little effect on the anchovy catch this year, allowing recovery after a difficult 2016. The central bank estimates a 2017 catch of 3.62 million tonnes, one million tonnes below its prior estimate.

- Date: 2017-03-29 · published 2017-03-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Peru · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71907-seafood-media-group-worldnews-fishing-industry-expects-el-nino-has-no-big
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A central bank cut to the expected anchovy catch tightens the expected fishmeal supply, though industry optimism about recovery offsets part of that support.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- yahoo.com: https://www.yahoo.com/news/el-nino-not-likely-hurt-anchovy-catches-peru-040014834.html
- fis-net.com: http://www.fis-net.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?id=90852&l=e&ndb=1

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