Other Media | Industrias Pesqueras: Chilean industrialists demand not to lift the ban on hake

 (CHILE, 8/19/2020)

The health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19 is putting artisanal fishermen in Chile in trouble, who have demanded that the ban on hake be lifted to alleviate the lack of income. The country's Fishing Industry Association has demanded that protection measures for this species be maintained and that the State protect the most affected artisans.

 “As an industrial fishing sector in the south-central zone, we understand and sympathize with the delicate social situation of some sectors of artisanal fishing, but the solution to these problems does not involve eliminating closures, taking their fishing gear from the industry or fishing resources. on which it works, but must be addressed with structural measures and aid commensurate with the depth of the crisis ”, explains Ver&oacut...  (More Info)