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Traditional fishermen demoralized by Peru oil spill after freak waves

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January 21, 2022, 8:10 pm
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Callao, Peru—Hundreds of traditional fisherman living just outside the Peruvian capital fear their livelihoods are ruined following an oil spill caused by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away.

Authorities called the spill, caused by an eruption on the other side of the Pacific near Tonga, the worst ecological disaster in Lima in recent times.

Traditional fisherman in Ventanilla, a district to the north of Lima’s port in Callao, on Wednesday protested outside the gates of the Pampilla Refinery owned by Spanish energy giant Repsol, demanding compensation for the spill that occurred as freak waves hit a tanker during offloading on Saturday.

“How will we live now? That’s our worry,” Miguel Angell Nunez, who led the protest, told AFP.

“We’ve lost our source of work and we don’t know when this will end.

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“We want them to recognize the damage. The spill was caused by (Repsol’s) negligence.”

It is an area teeming with sole, lorna drum and Peruvian grunt, commonly used in the local delicacy ceviche, a marinated raw fish dish that Peru is famous for. 

Traditional fishermen use small scale, low technology, low capital practices, mostly from the beach or rocks.

The few that own small boats only travel short distances along the shoreline. AFP

The Ventanilla spill sent 6,000 barrels of oil into the sea.

The environment ministry said 174 hectares—equivalent to 270 football fields—of sea, beaches and natural reserves were affected.

The attorney general’s office said the spill had “put at risk flora and fauna in two protected areas.”

Authorities pulled dead fish and birds covered in oil out of the sea, and had to seal off three beaches, meaning hundreds of fishermen had nowhere to go to work.

Refinery officials said they had erected “containment barriers that cover all of the affected zones and brigades with specialist sea and land teams have been deployed.”

But fishermen, some of whom live hand to mouth, fear that they could be prevented from working for years.

Around 1,500 traditional fisherman work in the area, usually earning between 50 and 120 soles ($12-$30) a day from their catch. 

“This catastrophe won’t last one or four months. It will last years,” fisherman Roberto Carlos Espinoza told AFP.

“Today we don’t have work, what are we going to do?”

Espinoza blames Repsol for “lacking a contingency plan” for the damage to flora and fauna.

The spill has spread to beaches in neighboring districts where authorities have found dead sea lions and penguins.

The health ministry said 21 beaches have been affected and warned bathers not to visit them. AFP

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