Produce's proposal for the 'Guide for the Submission of Aquaculture Monitoring Reports' excludes up to 35 parameters, reducing costs and adding clarity to fish farmers' environmental reports.
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Peru's Ministry of Production (Produce) has announced the modification of the 'Guide for the Submission of Aquaculture Monitoring Reports' and its annexes. With this measure, Produce wants to make it easier for fish farmers, so that they not only save costs by eliminating some parameters, but also help to make the methodology clearer and, therefore, more correctly applied.
With Produce's new proposal, up to 35 parameters - including heavy metals and pesticides - that are not generated by aquaculture and therefore do not need to be included in environmental monitoring reports on the activity have been excluded.
The modified annexes in the 'Guide for the Submission of Aquaculture Monitoring Reports' - Annexes I, II and III - affect the cultivation of fan shell, trout, shrimp, and others, developed in the marine environment, in ponds and floating cages, respectively.
Nevertheless, the Peruvian Ministry of Production has emphasized that the aim is not only to make it easier for fish farmers from the point of view of cost savings but also to provide greater clarity about its content.
The current guide had already been modified on two previous occasions, making it difficult to apply clearly. For this reason, the Ministry of Production intends that, after this last modification, the result will finally be the consolidated version, providing a clear and orienting guide for fish farmers.
"The rule seeks to contribute, among other things, to the reduction of costs to those administered, in the framework of compliance with their environmental obligations; and, as a regulatory improvement, by updating and consolidating the content of the Guide, it will contribute to the correct application of the methodology described in it," Produce said in the statement announcing the modification.
Produce - which recently changed its head with the appointment of Sergio González, who took over at the beginning of April to replace Ana María Choquehuanca - had already made another regulatory change earlier this month when it adapted its bivalve mollusc regulations to EU standards. Peru expects that thanks to it, the activity will be boosted and will demand around 12,000 jobs throughout the value chain.
