Protesters say that in 1992 1,600 jobs were lost at Pesca Peru, the formerly state-owned fishmeal company, when workers were laid off by now-disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori.

Pesca Peru, founded by immigrants, features popular dishes from its namesake country. The Northampton Street location formerly housed a Mexican restaurant.

It joins a handful of other Lehigh Valley Peruvian restaurants, including Las Brasa's on West Emmaus Avenue in Allentown, Pesca Peru on Northampton Street in Easton and Machu Picchu Peruvian ...

With its own coastal waters depleted, China has built a global fishing operation unmatched by any other country.

Peru is also prosecuting a Chinese captain for illegally fishing in Peruvian waters in 2018, the first prosecution of a foreign vessel in Peruvian history.