Chimbote

Back in Chimbote, Javier Castro, a labor union leader, said that successive governments show little willingness to protect Peru's lucrative waters.

The Center for Public Integrity: Peru's vanishing fish: Rampant cheating and lax controls plague industry The Center for Public Integrity 2012

The ramshackle port of Chimbote - the country's biggest - lands more fish than the entire Spanish fleet catches in a year.

The Center for Public Integrity: 'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific The Center for Public Integrity 2012

In Chimbote, and later in Lima, SGS officials declined to speak on the record.

The Center for Public Integrity: Peru's vanishing fish: Rampant cheating and lax controls plague industry The Center for Public Integrity 2012

While you are there, get a few cans of Chimbote, the best dulce de leche ever!

dulce de leche cheesecake squares | smitten kitchen 2008

Back in 1970, a massive quake struck the region of Chimbote.

CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2007 2007

Back in 1970, a massive quake struck the region of Chimbote.

CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2007 2007

Homemade of course is best but La Salamandra Dulce De Leche (my favorite) -- can be purchased at Sur La Table, Chefshop. com and Williams Sonoma -- and Chimbote (second pick) -- available online and, in the Seattle area at Pasta & Co. -- can be, in a jiff, just as good.

Dulce De Leche 2004

Homemade of course is best but La Salamandra Dulce De Leche (my favorite) -- can be purchased at Sur La Table, Chefshop. com and Williams Sonoma -- and Chimbote (second pick) -- available online and, in the Seattle area at Pasta & Co. -- can be, in a jiff, just as good.

Dulce De Leche 2004

In towns like Chimbote, which a decade before had processed millions of tons of anchoveta, the fleet lay idle in the bay.

One River Wade Davis 1996

In towns like Chimbote, which a decade before had processed millions of tons of anchoveta, the fleet lay idle in the bay.

One River Wade Davis 1996