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Chile moves towards the elaboration of the first Aquaculture Law

“We firmly believe that to advance the development of the sector, broad agreements are required,” said the undersecretary at the 10th AquaForum Conference, which was held in Puerto Varas, in the Los Lagos Region.

The Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Julio Salas, called on the aquaculture sector to regain confidence, seek broad agreements and participate in the process of preparing the country's first Aquaculture Law, during the inauguration of the 10th AquaForum Conference, held in Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region.

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At the meeting, in which authorities from the fishing and environmental institutions, businessmen, suppliers and workers in the sector participated, Salas pointed out that as a Government "we firmly believe that to advance the development of aquaculture, broad agreements are required."

Salas stressed that to achieve this objective, trust between the actors is essential. "This is where we are still failing in the public-private relationship."

And he gave as an example the rejection of the three salmon farming unions to the indication of article 158 of the then SBAP bill. "This indication provided certainty to the concessions in process." He specified that "this indication, which was worked on jointly by the Ministry of the Environment and by us, to improve the conditions of the industry, was rejected by the three aquaculture unions. And that was a mistake that, privately, They have recognized me, because if we had had this standard we would be in better conditions for the conversation to come."

"Here it has been pointed out that we are in a different climate and that different climate happens because we regain confidence and understand that it is possible in this sector to have a small oasis from the tensions that exist outside and to be able to discuss the matters in depth to achieve mechanisms that allow the development of aquaculture activity and, particularly, salmon farming with a long-term projection. That is the will of this Administration," said the Undersecretary of Fisheries.

He added that what is sought is "for salmon farming to develop, for it to grow, for us to once again be the number one competitor in the salmon sector, not the loss of competitiveness that we have had in the last 10 years, but that requires that we be sustainable, requires us to be sustainable over time."

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He stated that the public sector also does not contribute to the recovery of trust if it does not provide proof of effectiveness. "We have to advance in this articulation of the public sector, only then can we provide concrete and serious solutions, because there are problems that have been dragging on for decades. If we ensure the correct intersectoral coordination of the State and the correct public-private articulation, we will have concrete solutions ", said.

Along these lines, he specified that progress is being made in simplifying procedures with the Undersecretariat of the Armed Forces, in order to promote a response to old requests for the relocation of concessions and triple A areas, among others.

NEW AQUACULTURE LAW:

As another example of the search for concrete answers to the challenges of the activity, the Undersecretary of Fisheries invited all actors in the sector to actively participate in the country's first general aquaculture law.

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As was done for the formulation of the draft new Fisheries Law, which will be presented soon, a participatory process is contemplated that began two months ago with Small Scale Aquaculture Farmers. In the month of December, a work day will continue with the mussel farmers, in the Los Lagos Region, and with the salmon farmers, in Valparaíso.

Source: Subpesca (Translated from the original in Spanish)

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