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(LivinginPeru News) -- Peru's Production Minister Rafael Rey reiterated that the Peruvian government will actively enforce Peru's fresh water shrimping prohibition throughout Peru in Restaurants, markets, and warehouses.

The shrimping prohibition act, which runs according to the peak shrimp reproduction season, runs until March 31 and is designed to help maintain Peru's valuable and limited fresh water shrimp population at optimum levels.

"Fresh water shrimp is a scarce resource in Peru. If we don't take the necessary precautions now, then we stand a great chance of running out of shrimp within 5 years," declared Rey.

Persons violating the prohibition act will be fined equivalent to the value of the illegal merchandise, and/or have the shrimp taken from them and donated to local charities/food shelters, such as the Santa Maria Children's Home, the Home of John Paul II, and the Sisters' Home of Abandoned Senior Citizens to name a few.

Minister Rey called on the Peruvian public to abstain from consuming fresh-water shrimp until April and to report those who violate the prohibition act.