El Niño Empties Latin American Fishing Nets
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The El Niño phenomenon raises sea temperature and chases away fish in the eastern Pacific. Learn about the impact on fishing families.
From the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to those of Panama and Guatemala, artisanal fishermen see impotent how anchovetas, tunas and snappers move away in search of cold waters, after an increase in the temperature of up to 6°C. "The water is hot", attests to the AFP Juan Ollague, 56 years old, in the Ecuadorian village of Santa Rosa (Santa Elena, southwest), where hundreds of boats are caught in a semi-paralyzed port. After the night work barely ca…
Impacts are felt in countries such as Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Guatemala
Ecuador, 30 Sept 2026 (AFP) – Long days and little fillets: Latin American fishermen on the Pacific coast suffer the warming of the ocean due to the El Niño phenomenon, which causes several species to migrate to the deep waters. From the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to those, more to the north, from [...] Read more In Latin America, artisanal fishermen at the El Niño test appeared first on MARINE & OCEANS.
The fishermen of the eastern Pacific suffer the impact of the warming of the ocean by the El Niño phenomenon, which forces several species to migrate to deep waters and leaves semi-empty nets and villages in crisis. From the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to those of Panama and Guatemala, artisanal fishermen see impotent how... The entry El Niño empties the fishing nets of Ecuador and other countries of America was first published in Diario El Mercu…
Dominican Republic.– Eastern Pacific fishermen suffer the impact of ocean warming due to the El Niño phenomenon, which forces several species to migrate to deep waters and leaves semi-empty nets and villages in crisis. (Continue reading...) The entry El Niño phenomenon empties Latin American fishing nets was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.
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