PERU fishing with guts to report…
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"After the crisis of the Infectious Salmon Anemia virus, ISAv, very little was learned. We overreacted," He begins by saying the President of the Chilean Society of Marine Sciences, SChCM, Marcelo Campos Larrain, for whom it is "urgently needed change" industry regulations because the measures taken during the ISA were established in "wartime". And it goes further: "If action is not taken now, you can put at risk the future of this industry."
Campos recalls that the process of cultivating salmon in Chile began in the 80s based on a single regulatory structure that has adapted part and successively under various crises that have generated, among which stand out those related to causal health, environmental, economic and commercial. “The regulations have become more complex thinking particularly about salmonids, the big mistake being to practically make a synonymy between salmon farming and aquaculture,” emphasizes.
Deepen the industry grew and developed, slowly dictating various complementary standards by an increasing number of authorities have been added to control the activity. "This situation has begun to become a crisis in recent years, with aquaculture currently being the most regulated economic activity in Chile. Thus, apart from the numerous regulations that emanate from the LGPA, numerous other provisions of diverse range that emanate from different ministries and services must be complied with, among which are the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism through the Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Subpesca, and the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, Sernapesca, Ministry of National Defense through the Undersecretariat for the Armed Forces and the General Directorate of the Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine, Directemar, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Ministry of Public Health, General Directorate of Water, Superintendency of the Environment and Superintendence of Sanitary Services, among others. regulations, in different areas, which must be complied with”, argumenta el timonel de la SChCM.
De esta manera, dice que la estructura del sector manifiesta una gobernanza (mecanismos, procesos y reglas a través de los cuales se ejerce la autoridad económica, política y administrativa) sobrerregulada que se suma a una aparente desconfianza del sector público en el productor privado. “Esta se fundamenta preferentemente en el hecho de que en la toma de decisiones de inversionistas y productores han primado aspectos económicos por sobre los científico-técnicos, desconociéndose inicialmente algunos principios básicos de la sustentabilidad”Stresses Campos, delving that this regulatory burden, in addition to complicate the operation of the activity, has generated no difference species legislation, environment, or production cycles.
"The industry is supporting a significant increase in production costs due largely to the application of these standards. This affects some crop sectors more than others. However, the increases are more representative for the least profitable sectors, such as algae cultivation; however, for all producers the burden derived from compliance with the various standards represents an increasingly important item in their cost structure. This situation leads us to think that the process of generating government regulations, which can be seen as a 'cycle of life', is a valuable opportunity to begin a process of reform of sector regulations, since the first signs of regulatory failure are being given," sostiene Campos.
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Given the above, the opportunity arises as a hypothesis for producers, investors, academics, politicians and authorities to begin to rethink the conditions not only of the market, but fundamentally of the raw material, that is - among others - water, soil, eggs, smolts, food and infrastructure. In this sense, Campos responds that the regulations must adjust to the scientific, technological, commercial, economic, territorial, legal and social challenges. "That should be widely discussed and set an example for other nations. Chile should not only be a leader in production but also in scientific and technological research, where various stakeholders have a crucial role ", Says the President of the Chilean Society of Marine Sciences, for whom the national aquaculture can remain competitive in the international market because of the economic importance of regulations and their complexity.
"The regulations must be efficient and modern, adjusted to the real needs of the industry, easy to understand, control, apply and comply with, as well as differentiated by region and species in production. It is necessary, in addition to scientific and technological research, to carry out sectoral engineering that considers a holistic vision – seeing the forest, not just the tree–", Campos argues, for those who are facing the opportunity of establishing a system "Expeditious, transparent, modern and simple, to protect the interests both maritime and projections of economic growth and development of the coastline, which is obviously a highly demanded area, in constant danger and reminded us that, as nature-not It is an immutable heritage. " What's more, they say, "When regulation is so complex and incomprehensible for regulated, which requires the interpretation case by case basis by specialized teams of professionals, this becomes inefficient and may even become virtually infiscalizable".
Campos also said it is "essential to review the consequences of this over-regulation and the crisis we are beginning to live may in the short term, in relation to employment, the interest of young people pursue careers related to the activity and run enterprises and research in marine science in general and aquaculture in particular. "
Para cerrar, dice que es necesario analizar las variadas actividades que se realizan en el borde costero y dar una especial preponderancia a aquellas que aportan más relevantemente al Producto Interno Bruto,PIB, y al desarrollo local, como ha sido el caso de la pesca y la acuicultura. De esta manera, “un Ministerio de Pesca y Acuicultura es fundamental para una gobernanza moderna y realista que estimule la sustentabilidad del sector”He concluded.
