fishermen and tourism representatives Puerto Natales (Magallanes) manifest themselves against Privatization Sea
In City of Punta Arenas, on December 17 Salmon Industry received an almost unanimous rejection of the business sectors of Tourism and Livestock , conservation institutions and Crew Shipowners, when 7 votes to 1 decided that intensive salmon farming could only operate in Capitan Aracena and a canal south of the Straits of Magellan. Artisanal Fisheries not joined this Committee.
The meeting was for the process Zoning Provincial Coastline Use in its last stage of evaluation of activities to interest on the maritime territorial space. Salmon Industry was represented by Alfredo Valenzuela and 4 technical support failed to reverse the arguments raised by the Seafarers' Union Advisors and Senior Officers of Ships (SITONERS) and Yendegaia Foundation, bringing the salmon to withdraw from the meeting.
The tourism sector (represented by AUSTRO-Chile) and the Cattlemen Magellan also showed strong opposition to the installation of this toxic industry in pristine ecosystems the Magellan Province and handed over to representatives of the GORE-Magallanes (coordinators of the zoning process) a sanction for breaches environmental record issued by SERNAPESCA in June this year, against Captain centers installed in Aracena salmon, showing that Salmon Industry is unable to meet minimum health requirements that require them to current standards.
According Héctor Kol, who advised SITONERS, discussion managed to reverse an almost established that left exposed to the Southern Province to the disastrous effects caused by a de-regulated industry, especially in the region de Los Lagos. The Salmon Program Manager of the AUG Fishworkers Aysén temporarily integrated SITONERS team, said "... The salmon had statistics, numbers .... We, with Yendegaia, we bring the reality of what this industry really is: ZERO contribution to progress, zero contribution to sustainable development, zero contribution to employment, but a real danger to communities for the environment and economic sustainability Province of Magellan. Our numbers were more accurate ... and mathematics remains an exact science ... " .
SITONERS adviser to the self-exclusion artisanal fisheries of this Commission is "... another sign that the biggest problem remains artisanal fishing itself, especially its Confederations and Federations, which facilitated the destruction of the Inner Sea of \u200b\u200bChiloé and continue negotiating Barrios salmon and Privatization Sea, while its leaders travel Rome and greet the pope, who will assist the Government wants to remove the sea ... " .
On part Yendegaia claimed that the system of currents within the Province threatening that the waste generated by the centers salmon, even at remote distances can affect ecosystems protected by Francisco Coloane Marine Area, with emphasis in pollutant discharges, for example, that are generated from salmon projects approved in Seno Skyring. SITONERS estimated that 9 fattening centers that are installed on the system generate organic pollution equivalent to a human population of more than 600 thousand people, as declared by the salmon farming companies in their impact statements Environmental.
In Puerto Natales, Héctor Kol and Yendegaia Foundation advisor met with representatives of Tourism, Artisanal Fisheries in the Municipality Trade birth and to deliver history of the zoning process to be held in the Province of Last Hope, where artisanal fishing also is self-excluded.
the opportunity presented in the scope of the privatization process that stubbornly Sea continúa impulsando el Gobierno saliente, a pesar del rechazo que provoca entre las personas que logran informarse de este nuevo ataque al Patrimonio Natural de todos los chilenos.
De igual forma, se mostraron los efectos que podría tener la eventual aprobación de numerosos proyectos de producción salmonera que han solicitado concesiones en sitios de gran importancia turística, como el Estero de las Montañas. Según Kol, sólo 9 proyectos salmoneros ubicados en el Seno de Última Esperanza podrían generar una contaminación orgánica equivalente a una población humana de 2 MILLONES de personas.
The visit ended with the deployment of a canvas with the slogan NO PRIVATISATION MAR in the local creek of Fishermen, kicking off the campaign of resistance to southern sea delivery to industry as contaminated for 20 years, with environmental and social impacts unprecedented in the world.
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