Development of the Peru’s largest and oldest port undertaken by a global shipping industry giant based in the Netherlands will expand port operations over the next couple of years.
Fishermen living around Peru’s largest port have harvested the sea as a means of survival since the 16th century. Many fear that a project to modernize El Callao, transforming it into the most important port on South America’s Pacific coast, will force them to abandon fishing.
The modernization of the port may have a negative impact on their livelihood, but fishermen are also concerned that over fishing has depleted the waters of scorpion fish, horse mackerel and mullet.
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