translated from Spanish: Craft they reject threats of dismissals by new law of cuttlefish and accused “campaign of terror” in the fishing industry

The National Council for the defence of the fishing heritage (Condepp) rejected the threats of the fishing industry of mass dismissals due to the new law that regulates the cuttlefish, a frame capture l Egal which still not entered into force.
“The fishing industry receives billions of dollars each year thanks to the fishing quotas given to them by the Fisheries Act, the least is to invest and modernise their vessels to respond to needs that today has the country, take care of all fishery resources and e” so it can not be at the expense of their workers”, said Hernán Cortes, President of Condepp.
In recent weeks, three companies linked to the business of cuttlefish have announced the closure of operations, citing starting up of the new law.
It was first Landes, who reported that it would no longer operate its line of cuttlefish processing, leaving 200 people without jobs; then PacificBlu announced the closure of its plant by arguing that they can not adapt their fleet to the new legislation because they restrict the methods for obtaining the jig or hand line. In addition, the company of marine foods (Alimar), where some 300 workers will lose their jobs after the closure of operations for the extraction of the cuttlefish.
Condepp called to verify the history of the companies, indicating that Landes maintains trials work as a result of trying to dismiss women with maternal immunity and the dismissal of workers after the earthquake, without payment of compensation for years of service, using the grounds of ‘force majeure’. Meanwhile, the company only Alimar capture resource and does not process for cuttlefish plant, provide to a third party; its main industry is fishing of sardine and anchovy for fishmeal, which if processed.
Leader recalled that “the current Fisheries Act not fulfilled his promise, so today we have 70% depleted and collapsed, that is reality, and any rule that clear signal in favour of sustainability, as it ends with the drag to l” capture of the cuttlefish is the correct sign, for this and other fishery resources. Chile does not accept a campaign of terror of the fishing industry, a bill that has not even entered into force”.

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