ABSTRACT
The long coastline and rich Ocean make Chile a
prominent fishing nation. The Chilean Exclu-
sive Economic Zone (EEZ) is 2.4 million km2 of
ocean, three times larger than the country’s area
(Fundacio´n Mar de Chile, 2008). Of the 200
nautical miles of Chilean EEZ, the major part
(195 miles) is reserved for industrial fishing,
while artisanal fishing has a mere 5 miles (LPA,
1991, Art. 3 and 4). If there are any artisanal
fishing activities in an area, industrial fishing
might still be allowed within the 5 marine miles
reserved for artisanal fishing, with the exception
of the strip of one territorial marine mile (LPA,
1991, Art. 47). However, this exception does not
embrace aquaculture whose activities take place
‘‘in the sea beach area, state beach terrain,
portions of water and bottom, and rocks, within
and outside the bays, and in the rivers and lakes
that are navigable by vessels of more than 100
tonnes of gross register . . . ’’ (LPA, 1991, Tı´tulo VI de la acuicultura, Parra´fo, 1, Art. 67).
