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Fishing pressure impacts on anchovy and hake off Peru

The Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens) is a small pelagic fish. It is the largest singlespecies fishery in the world and it is used mainly for the production of fishmeal and fish oil. The Peruvian hake (Merluccius gayi) is a predatory demersal fish that is valued for direct human consumption, mainly as frozen products. In this study, I compared the response of both species to certain fishing…

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