Copeinca – one of the major Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil producers – has successfully undergone Friend of the Sea audit and its products can now carry the Friend of the Sea seal of approval. Copeinca’s purse seine fleet fishing Peruvian anchovetas (Engraulins ringens) was found to comply with all Friend of the Sea criteria for sustainable fishery.
The target stock of Peruvian anchoveta is not overexploited in the fishing area (FAO AREA 87). The Istituto del Mar Peruano (IMARPE) establishes very strict fishing quota, including areas and periods specifications, based on accurate data. Peru scored highest in a ranking of best managed fisheries by country.*
Copeinca’s fleet is composed of 28 purse seiners with a total hold capacity of 10,500 cubic meters. The vessels are controlled through a satellite system and they do not operate in Marine Protected Areas. Fishing gears comply with local regulations in force, both for maximum net size and mesh size; the fishing activity has no impact on the seabed.
Bycatch is limited to a 5% as established by the Peruvian regulation thus also limiting the discard to a maximum of 5% (lower than the 8% limit allowed by Friend of the Sea). In the unlikely event of marine mammals by-catch, these are return alive to the sea.
A waste management system is in place and measures are implemented to avoid waste to be dispersed. The fleet only uses ammonia for the refrigerating systems on board.
Copeinca guarantees a specific traceability system to demonstrate the sustainable origin of both fish meal and fish oil. Every single vessel of the fleet is monitored through the Geomap satellite software that keeps evidence of all data related to the fishing activity: coordinates, date, catching quantity and anchovies size for each capture.
“Copeinca has engaged to Sustainable production for several years now” explains Pablo Trapunsky Copeinca General Manager “Friend of the Sea certification is perfectly in line with our policies and mission”.
*”Ranking Maritime Countries by the Sustainability of their Fisheries, 2008, Mondoux, Pitcher, Pauly”
For more information, please contact:
Executive Director – Mr Paolo Bray
Friend of the Sea
info@friendofthesea.org
www.friendofthesea.org
General Manager – Pablo Trapunsky
Copeinca
www.copeinca.com.pe
Friend of the Sea
Friend of the Sea is an international non-profit certification scheme for products from sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. Certified products are fished from not overexploited nor IUCN Redlisted stocks and with selective methods which do not impact the seabed. Those originate from aquaculture are reared with respect of critical habitat, with no use of antifoulants, GMOS and growth hormones.
Copeinca Corporacion Pesquera Inca (Copeinca S.A.C).
Copeinca, was founded in July 1994. It now operates with 28 vessels, 05 plants and 1400 employees and is a major producer of fishmeal and fish oil. Efficiency, quality and responsibility are three keyword to the business philosophy of the Peruvian Company.
