Peru is authorizing the restart of anchovy fishing — a key ingredient in fish meal — as shifting El Nino conditions offer a window of opportunity and a chance to boost the economy. The South American ...

Less than 15 years ago, a couple of Peruvian entrepreneurs started seining the waters off the coast of Peru for anchovy, a tiny fish that, processed in different ways, can be tasty as an hors d’oeuvre ...

COAST OF LIMA, PERU. IT DOESN’T GET ANY FRESHER THAN THIS. IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR. ARTISANAL FISHERMEN JESUS SANTOS, CELINA VIRGO IS DELIVERING THE STARRING INGREDIENT OF PERU’S NATIONAL DISH TO HIS ...

Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four new mammals and a bizarre “blob-headed” fish that was already well-known to ...

With the “largest anchoveta quota” in the country at 15.9%, Copeinca processes about 21% of Peru’s total catch. Credit: NiAk Stock/Shutterstock. Cooke, a Canadian seafood company, is set to expand its ...

Santiago Alvez remembers growing up in the Peruvian Amazon, hunting for game and fishing along the Tigre River and nearby oxbow lakes with his father and grandfather. Alvez, now 67, would go on to ...