There are no real news on the preliminary findings of the Imarpe’s scientific cruises, nor substantial developments on El Niño phenomenon. We understand though that the US government has expressed its willingness to share with Peru, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the provision of information, data, satellite images, predictive models and techniques for monitoring the El Niño in order to enable the Andean country to more accurately predict the presence of such events.
On the other hand, the National Fishery Society (SNP, for its acronym in Spanish) through its president Elena Conterno has expressed optimism for this year, saying that “2015 will be a year of recovery for the industrial fishing of anchovy”. The SNP expects that the total catch will be 80% higher than in 2014, “a terrible year for the sector, given that there was only one of the two traditional fishing seasons”. Ms Conterno reported that to date - after completing the first fishing season- 2.8 million mt of anchovy have been landed, around 25% more than in the whole 2014. With the second fishing season the increase is expected to be even higher compared to 2014, with an estimated total catch for the year of 4 million mt, 80% more than last year.