The project is called Enabling Public Policies for Chile's Marine Protected Areas Network.
Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura, SUBPESCA
The Chilean Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca), the Ministry of the Environment, and the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca), together with the Blue Nature Alliance (BNA), will collaborate to protect Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) through surveillance, enforcement, and monitoring.
Through the project Enabling Public Policies for Chile's MPA Network, coordination and interinstitutional collaboration among key public agencies management will be improved, taking into account regional singularities.
Specifically, agreements will be developed to ensure effective management of the network at national level and legal framework design for a MPAs integrated governance.
The NGO Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and professionals from Sernapesca, the Ministry of the Environment, and Subpesca have also participated in this workshop.
In late March, Sernapesca received two underwater robots that will help in the control of aquaculture in southern Chile. Both were delivered within the framework of AquaSur 2024.
The Blue Nature Alliance is an ambitious global partnership that collaborates with governments, NGOs, Indigenous peoples, and scientists to advance effective large-scale ocean conservation.
It engages locally in new and existing ocean conservation areas. The Alliance aims to catalyze 18 million square kilometers (7 million square miles) of the ocean conservation over five years.