Cooked or roasted?: A New bill, the first step towards privatization in the fisheries sector, threatens to split Chile’s artisanal fishery sector

O’Riordan, Brian and Cardenas, Juan Carlos (2000) Cooked or roasted?: A New bill, the first step towards privatization in the fisheries sector, threatens to split Chile’s artisanal fishery sector. Samudra Report (27). pp. 37-41. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

For several months now, the Chilean government has been preparing a new version of a bill to modify the 1991 General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture. Following weeks of governmental indecision, violent fishworker protests, and controversy, on 6 December, a watered-down version was finally approved by the Chilean parliament. The project of ‘Maximum Catch Limits for Fishery Enterprises’, as approved by the parliament, includes three of the main industrial fisheries—jack mackerel, anchovy and sardine. Together, these account for 70 per cent of the total Chilean fish catch. Excluded from the bill are the Northern Regions I and II. Starting in Region III, the new bill will apply to all Regions south of Region II, for an initial period of two years. This article looks at the events immediately preceding the approval of this controversial bill, and some related issues.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0336
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Chile, Fisheries Legislation, Artisanal Fisheries, Industrial Fisheries, Total Allowable Catch, Private Sector, Individual Transferable Quotas
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2021 07:37
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 13:14
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1005

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