With these two situations added to that of the retired fishermen (at the age of 55), with low pensions not exceeding as a rule ESC 30,000 per month, in the last 5 years a group of social outcasts has been produced which must already be in excess of one thousand people and which, additionally, due to its economic weakness, is dragging other sectors of the town dependent on its purchasing power into precarious situations, some of which have no solution.
En cuanto a la industria conservera, Peniche es el principal centro nacional, con una producción relativamente estable de conservas de sardina y una producción en fuerte aumento de conservas de atún, en su totalidad importado, como ya he señalado.