# Landmark agreement to sustain  fishery – IW:LEARN

> Chile and Peru signed an agreement to sustain the Humboldt Current fishery, the world's largest single-species fishery, supported by GEF and UNDP funding. The anchovy fishery landed about 5.8 million tonnes in 2015, roughly 70% of it from Peruvian waters.

- Date: 2016-12-18 · published 2016-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Chile · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73400-landmark-agreement-to-sustain-fishery-iw-learn
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

The pact is a long-term sustainability measure with no immediate change to catch quotas, so its near-term effect on fishmeal supply and prices is limited.

## Sources

- news.iwlearn.net: https://news.iwlearn.net/landmark-agreement-to-sustain-fishery

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