{"id":47594,"date":"2021-06-16T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev6.blazedream.in\/ICSF\/samudra\/news-events-briefings-and-more-3"},"modified":"2021-08-19T08:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:58:42","slug":"news-events-briefings-and-more-3","status":"publish","type":"samudra","link":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/samudra\/news-events-briefings-and-more-3\/","title":{"rendered":"News, Events, Briefings and More…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roundup<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

News, events, briefings and more…<\/p>\n

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CHILE<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0093Back artisanal fishing, ban trawling<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not something happening in isolation. On the contrary, the underlying causes of the crisis arise directly from the system of fisheries administration, following a global pattern of ever greater concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, privatization of the sea’s resources, granting economic interests priority over the development and sustainability of fishing communities, and allowing industrial fleets to use destructive fishing techniques, such as trawling, provoking declines in resources, which are unlikely to recover, and affecting as much as a hundred associated species. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Chile’s artisanal fishermen still hope that the fisheries administration and government authorities have the political will to implement appropriate measures to restrict the destructive ways in which the industrial sector uses trawling in all its forms. Palliative measures are not acceptable; neither is re-conversion, as these don’t solve the basic problem, they feel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the above, the Chilean National Confederation of Artisanal Fishermen, CONAPACH, together with the Artisanal Fishermen of the Vth Region’s United Federation, Nuevo Amanecer, have called for a campaign to ban trawling. A series of public actions and alliances with different sectors related to the artisanal fishery have stressed the need for solidarity and participation of society at large to tackle the unprecedented crisis that affects the food security of a large section of Chile’s population and the dignity of thousands of artisnal fishermen. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first stage of the campaign ended on 15 March 2008 with a large-scale meeting in Caleta Portales, one of the caleta<\/i>s in the city of Valparaiso, attended by grassroot organizations of artisanal fishermen from the Vth Region and fishermen from the Xth Region. <\/span><\/p>\n

CONAPACH<\/span><\/span> urges you to sign up to support their campaign \u0093Back Artisanal Fishing, Ban Trawling! For Our Seas, Our Fish and Our Bread<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information (in Spanish): www.eliminemoselarrastre.bligoo.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L  P R O F I L E<\/span><\/p>\n

CONAPACH <\/span><\/p>\n

CONAPACH<\/span><\/span>, the national federation of fishworker organizations in Chile, was formed in 1990. It was established to defend the rights of fishworkers and to protect fish resources. There are around 400 organizations that are permanent members of CONAPACH<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Through them, CONAPACH<\/span> reaches out to 60,000 fishworkers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Around 20 per cent of them are women. CONAPACH <\/span>is also part of many international networks.<\/span><\/p>\n

CONAPACH<\/span><\/span> aims to:<\/span><\/p>\n