Overview
- The Humboldt Institute for Marine and Aquaculture Research said industrial fishing in protected areas is lawful when aligned with zoning and management plans under state oversight.
- IHMA urged an evidence-based discussion and cited the Natural Protected Areas Law, which allows resource use compatible with each area’s category and controls.
- A first-instance court ruling, highlighted by El Comercio, dismissed the fisheries guild’s bid to annul the ban on industrial fishing inside protected areas.
- La República reported active legal actions, including an Acción Popular by the fisheries guild targeting Paracas and a challenge to a Dorsal de Nasca provision that permits industrial activity to 1,000 meters for preexisting fleets.
- Administrative sanction proceedings by the Ministry of Production are underway against companies accused of operating inside protected reserves.