Another week has gone by without landings in Peru, hence still only 3.603 tons landed
from the current 450.000 tons August/December quota for the southern ports.The main focus remains on the El Nino development and its impact on the anchovy biomass development. A Kelvin wave is expected to reach the Peruvian coast in near future, and although still uncertain if there will be a 2nd fishing season this year, there are hopes for a quota of about one million tons starting from mid October sometime. The research cruise is expected to finish about one week from now, but we hear that higher than normal water temperatures (1-2 centigrade above normal, in some areas 4/5 degrees higher) have pushed the anchovy close to shore. There are rumors about an observed biomass in the area from the southern borders up to Chicama at between 3 and 4 million tons, but Imarpe has as far as we understand not disclosed any estimates.