# Less jack mackerel, bonito and mackerel in Peruvian markets: “El Niño has taken away and still hasn’t given,” warns Oceana Peru

> El Niño has reduced the availability of traditional fish species, including jack mackerel, bonito, mackerel and hake, in Peru’s coastal waters. Tropical and oceanic species have not yet arrived in sufficient quantities to offset the decline, and the article reports that mackerel has been scarcely caught in 2026.

- Date: 2026-11-10 · published 2026-11-10T15:16:54.166Z
- Category: weather · region Peru · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/91970-less-jack-mackerel-bonito-and-mackerel-in-peruvian-markets-el-nino-has-taken
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced catches and the lack of replacement species may tighten fish supplies in Peruvian markets and put upward pressure on prices. No listed feed commodity is directly implicated.

## Sources

- rpp.pe: https://rpp.pe/economia/economia/menos-jurel-bonito-y-caballa-en-los-mercados-peruanos-el-nino-ha-quitado-y-todavia-no-da-advierte-oceana-peru-noticia-1716983

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