Fish leather fervour extends to Peru
21/06/2013
An official in the regional government of Ayacucho in the south of the country, Walter Ochoa Yupanqui, said in a recent statement that 20 artisans in Ayacucho had signed up to take part in a four-day course, ending on June 21, to learn to turn trout skins into leather and to make small leathergoods such as wallets and bracelets from the leather.
Mr Ochoa Yupanqui said Ayacucho wants to make more of the raw material its trout-farming sector is producing, adding that the regional government had brought in experts from Japan to run the course, alongside representatives of Fondepes, a national organisation promoting the Peruvian fish sector.
To gain a place on the course, participants had to show they were involved either in trout-farming or in artisan leathergoods. They had to pay only a nominal sum of $8 for a certificate to show they had completed the course.
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