G/SCM/Q2/PER/11  
19 May 2014  
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  SUBSIDIES 
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS POSED BY NEW ZEALAND1 CONCERNING 
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF PERU2 
The following communication, dated 16 May 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Peru.  
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  National Fisheries Develo pment Fund (FONDEPES) 
With regard to this programme, can Peru: 
 1. Identify the fisheries affected by th e programme, by geographical area 
(e.g. territorial sea, EEZ, high seas), an d the species affected by the programme 
(e.g. both target and bycatch species). 
 
Reply 
 
The programmes administered under this fund are available to natural or legal persons engaged in aquaculture and small scale maritime and inland fishing. 
 
For aquaculture, the area of influence of the programmes covers the marine environment and inland waters (rivers and lakes located in the national territory). It should be noted that some 
of these programmes (for example development of productive capacities and generation 
of technologies) are directed at target species such as: gamitana, prochilodus, ornamental fish (angelfish, discus, oscar, cockatoo dwar f chichid, carachama), molluscs, etc.
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As regards small scale fishing, the area of influence of the programmes covers the marine environment (waters under the national jurisdiction of Peru)
4 and inland waters (rivers and lakes 
located in the national territory). It should be noted that these programmes are not directed 
towards target species. However, the hydrobiologi cal products that are most frequently fished 
by natural and legal persons engaged in these ac tivities in the marine environment are pelagic 
resources such as: Chilean jack mackerel, chub mackerel, bonito, longnose anchovy, sardine, 
sea silverside, munida, shortfin scad, sea catfish, minor stardrum, African pompano, Pacific creole 
fish, Lorna drum, etc.5 For inland waters, the products most frequently fished are Amazon species 
such as: black prochilockes, llambina, chiochio, ractacara, etc.6 
                                               
1 G/SCM/Q2/PER/10. 
2 G/SCM/N/253/PER. 
3 Source: http://www.fondepes.gob.pe  
4 It should be noted that under the Regulations to the General Fisheries Law (Supreme Decree 
No. 012-2001-PE), the zone adjacent to the coast between zero and five nautical miles wide is reserved 
for the development of small scale fishing. 
5 Source: http://www.imarpe.pe/imarpe/index.php?id_seccion=I0131020102050000000000  
6 Source: http://www.imarpe.pe/imarpe/index.php?id_seccion=I0131020401000000000000  G/SCM/Q2/PER/11 
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2. Clarify the current status of the programme, how long it is anticipated that 
the programme will be in place, and how the budget will change over the life of the programme 
 
Reply 
 
As pointed out in Peru's notification to the WTO (G/SCM/N/253/PER), the duration 
of the programme is indefinite.  It is impossible to foresee how FONDEPES's budget will change, since general spending under 
the programme is financed by ordinary resources (income from tax revenue and other sources)
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and direct resources (income generated and administered directly by FONDEPES itself, such as property revenue, fees, provision of services, etc.).
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3. Provide information on the following:  
a. catch data for the species affected by the programme; 
 
b. status of the fish stocks targ eted or affected by the programme; 
 
c. fleet capacity in the fish ery affected by the programme. 
 Reply 
 As pointed out in the reply to question 1 abov e, apart from the programmes for the development 
of production capacity and generation of technologies in agriculture, the programmes administered 
by FONDEPES are not directed at target species. 
 General information on catch data and the status of hydrobiological stocks can be found on the following websites: 
 
Ministry of Production:  
http://www.produce.gob. pe/index.php/component/conte nt/article/189-informacion-
estadistica/2520-informacion-estadistica 
 
Peruvian Marine Institute 
 http://www.imarpe.pe/imarpe/index.p hp?id_seccion=I0131 000000000000000000 
 
On the other hand, there is no available informatio n on the fleet capacity in the fishery affected 
by the FONDEPES programmes. In 2012, however, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, in a study commissioned by the Ministry of Production, estimated that Peru 
had 16,045 small scale fishing vessels whose hold capacity cannot exceed 32.6 m
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the Regulations to the General Fisheries Law.  
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7 Ordinary resources are approved every fiscal year unde r the Public Sector Budget Law. The draft law 
is drawn up by the Executive via the Ministry of the Ec onomy and Finance, and is th en approved by Congress. 
8 Source: Economic transparency website of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance.