Table 3. Support to the fisheries sector (annual average over 2020-22)
same oversight as legitimate fishers, leading to unfair competition and reduced opportunity, which undermine the social and economic sustainability of the sector. average OECD intensity of support relative to the value of landings, employment and fleet size. It was relatively low in terms of the value of landings, at 4% of the annual value of landings (2020-2022 average), compared to 15.2% across the OECD over the same period. Relative to employment, Peru's support was USD 1 215 per fisher, which is less than a quarter of the OECD average of USD 5 722 per fisher. Relative Support to MMcS is composed of support to McS and stock assessment research. There has been a significant increase in spending in Peru on MMCS since 2010-2012, with most of the increase oriented to the financing of stock assessments and McS. Support to MMcS has increased 135% since 2010-2012, when it was USD 17.7 million. The intensity of support to MMCS, however, was 88 USD/GT, which is significantly lower than the OECD average of 271 USD/GT.