Peru's seafood industry fighting government's effort to overhaul regulator

Peru’s executive branch submitted an emergency decree on 22 January that aims to modify the law that led to the creation of Peru’s Sea Institute (Imarpe), a specialized technical agency of the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) which advises the state on marine conservation issues. According to the decree, published in official gazette El Peruano, the executive branch is soliciting changes to the following articles of the Imarpe law: Article 1, which establishes Imarpe as a specialized public…