Also, the probable role of the Argentine
anchoveta Engraulis anchoita as the intermediate host of C.
Greenberg said the greatest effect seems to be on small, silvery, little fish like anchovies, herring, menhaden and, in particular, from Peruvian
anchoveta. These tiny creatures feed on phytoplankton, which absorb energy from the sun.
Asi, el litoral norte, y en particular la ciudad puerto de Iquique, paso a ser rapidamente la zona de mayor produccion de harina y aceite de pescado del pais, utilizando como materia prima la
anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), dada su alta presencia en toda la zona.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the largest reduction operation in human history arose off the coast of Peru in pursuit of the Peruvian
anchoveta. The Peruvian
anchoveta is by far the largest single species catch by tonnage in the world, some years comprising as much as 10% of all fish caught.
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture reports that 90.9 million tonnes of fish was captured in the wild in 2016 - a slight decrease of 2 million tonnes from the year before, mainly due to periodic fluctuations in populations of Peruvian
Anchoveta associated with El Nino.
In Peru, three studies of blue shark diet have revealed that they feed on jumbo squid, Peruvian
anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), Peruvian hake (Merluccius gayi peruanus), and eggs from flying fish (Exocoetidae) and Chilean silverside (Odontesthes regia) (Hoyos et al., 1991; Elliot et al., 1995, 1996).
Chimbote y Coshco, se convirtieron en los puertos mas importantes para la produccion de productos derivados de la pesca, por su riqueza en especies marinas, principalmente,
anchoveta y sardina (Kuramoto, 2005).
En el Peru, los trabajos referidos a la estimacion de la talla de madurez de las especies comercialmente explotadas, estan basados principalmente en la catalogacion macro o microscopica del estadio de madurez gonadal a traves de un rango de tallas ajustandolas a una funcion logistica, asi existen estudios en
anchoveta Engraulis ringens (Pauly & Soriano 1987), jurel Trachurus murphyi (Dioses et al.