# El Niño Crisis Severely Impacts Marine Food Supply in Chimbote, Affecting Fisheries and Endangered Species

> El Niño-related ocean warming has pushed anchovies in the Chimbote area into colder, deeper waters, reducing their availability to local fisheries. The resulting shortage is affecting fishers and marine wildlife, including pelicans, sea lions and Humboldt penguins.

- Date: 2026-11-10 · published 2026-11-11T06:08:06.918Z
- Category: weather · region Peru · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/92990-el-nino-crisis-severely-impacts-marine-food-supply-in-chimbote-affecting
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Scarcer anchovy catches in Peru could limit fishmeal feedstock and put upward pressure on fishmeal prices.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLC8BqPUbREfGp7iQ9LnJsVv

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.