Overview
The Peruvian mahi-mahi fishery includes over 10,000 fishermen and is one of the country’s most important artisanal fisheries. Worldwide, Peru is known as the leading international mahi-mahi producer. A critical issue challenging this fishery is the lack of effective national and international management needed to address the highly migratory nature of mahi-mahi. The fishery also needs additional data on how fishing interacts with other species including endangered sea turtles and sharks. The active involvement of FIP stakeholders, such as IMARPE (Peruvian Institute of the Sea), and FIP Participants drives improvements against the Marine Stewardship Council standard.
The Peruvian mahi-mahi fishery includes over 10,000 fishermen and is one of the country’s most important artisanal fisheries. Worldwide, Peru is known as the leading international mahi-mahi producer.
The objective of the Peru mahi-mahi FIP is to advance the fishery in a gradual approach towards meeting the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard by the end of 2026, and to enter the full assessment process to achieve MSC certification thereafter.
FIP at a Glance
39% | 32% | 25% | 4% |
This pie chart represents completed environmental actions. Non-completed environmental actions may contain completed sub-tasks that are not illustrated here. For more information on environmental action progress visit the Actions Progress tab.
- Complete
- Incomplete
TraceabilityIUURoundtable