Last February 127,740 tonnes of seafood were landed in Peruvian ports, a volume that represents a rise of 1.1 per cent compared with 126,340 tonnes recorded in the same month of 2013.
This increase is due to greater resources landings for the frozen industry, according to the latest Statistical Bulletin issued by the Ministry of Production (Produce).
On assessing the first two months of 2014, it appears that landings went down by 27 per cent compared to the same period last year, changing from 619,500 tonnes in 2013 to 452,230 tonnes.
According to Produce, in February 2014 no fishery resources were landed for the fishmeal and fish oil industry; while in the same month in 2013, 700 tonnes had been landed.
In the first two months of this year, 219,300 tonnes of fishing resources were used for indirect consumption compared with 399,300 tonnes in the same period of 2013, that is to say, 45.1 per cent less.
For direct human consumption in February 127,700 tonnes of fishing resources were landed compared to 125,600 tonnes in the same month of 2013.
Throughout the first two months of 2014, a total of 232,900 tonnes of resources was landed for direct consumption, 5.8 per cent more than last year (220,200 tonnes).
For the preparation of frozen products last February 79,600 tonnes were landed while in the same month of 2013 a total of 71,200 tonnes had been unloaded.
In the first two months of this year, the accumulated landings for the industry recorded 133,400 tonnes, 11.5 per cent more than in the same period of 2013, when 119,900 tonnes were unloaded.
On the other hand, fishing resources used by the canning industry in February 2014 totalled 11,200 tonnes compared with 13,700 tonnes in the same month last year.
Taking into account January and February, an increase of 26.6 per cent was recorded in the resources used by the canning industry: 23,800 tonnes compared to 18,800 tonnes in the same period in 2013.
Last February, landings for direct human consumption as fresh fish reached about 35,200 tonnes, 0.6 per cent less than in the same month last year (35,400 tonnes).
In the first two months of 2014, 70.600 tonnes of resources were landed to be consumed as fresh fish, 1.4 per cent less than in the same period in 2013 (71,600 tonnes).