ANNEX 2. Chile’s Regions

GLOSSARY
AAA: Appropriate Areas for Aquaculture. Areas
where aquaculture (not only salmon farming) can
be developed in the jurisdictional sea of Chile
according to the General Law of Fisheries and
Aquaculture (Law 18,892 or GLFA, vers. 2013,
Law 20,657). An AAA includes macro zones,
neighbourhoods and farming sites (also mentioned
as licenses or concessions).

AMA: Also named Salmonid groups of licenses or
Neighbourhoods (NEI). Group of aquaculture
concessions within an AAA situated in a sector
that presents safety, epidemiological, oceanographic,
operational or geographical features that
justify its coordinated sanitary management by
species group (for instance salmonid species), as
per SUBPESCA declaration (LGPA, vers. 2013).
Neighbourhoods include farming sites or licenses.
AMICHILE: The principal and most representative
association of mussel producers, processors and
suppliers in Chile.

CORFO: The National Agency for economic
development.
CPS: Preliminary characterization of the site. A procedure
to characterize a site or concession to apply
for approval and establish a baseline for future
evaluations of eventual impacts on it. Categories
of aquaculture sites, CPS, INFA are detailed in the
Companion Resolution of RAMA, i.e., Resolution
Ex. 3612 (2009). This last had a recent modification
in June 2014.
D.S.: Supreme Decree. It is a written order of the
President of the Republic, issued within the sphere
of his/her competence, bears the signature of or
ministers of respective State and is subject to a
special procedure.
D.S. N° 223 (1968) OF THE DEFENSE MINISTRY
(NAVY): Regulation on Marine Concessions.
D.S. N° 175 (1980) OF THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
ON FISHERIES ACTIVITIES: Reglamento
para realizer actividades pesqueras (Regulation for
fisheries activities).
D.S. N° 162 (1985) OF THE MINISTRY OF
ECONOMY: Aprueba reglamento sobre control de
enfermedades de peces de la familia salmonidae
y otras especies hidrobiológicas y deroga Decreto
n° 291, de 1985. Regulation to control diseases in
salmonid species as well in other species.
D.S. N° 99 (1988) OF THE MINISTRY OF
ECONOMY: Modifica D.S. N° 175 del Ministerio
de Economía y Turismo. Status: Derogado. It
modifies D.D. N° 175 of the Ministry of Economy
and Tourism. Status: repealed.
EIA: Environmental Impact assessment system. It is
considered in the General Law of the basis of
environment. Particularly in the case of aquaculture,
has to do with preliminary characterization of
the site, and according to its results if the project
needs an EIA study or just an EIA declaration.
ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS: Areas defined by
INTESAL IN 2004 that were similar enough as to
determine them as identifiable water bodies.
GLFA: General Law of Fisheries and aquaculture (Law
18,892, 1991), with several amendments after
1991. Presently (GLFA, LAW 20,434—2009), and
again under review (2016).
IMTA: Integrated multi trophic aquaculture.
INFA: Annual reports on the environmental status of a
license (sea farming site), with defined monitoring
and analysis of specified variables. Categories of
aquaculture sites, CPS, INFA are detailed in the
Companion Resolution of RAMA, i.e., Resolution
Ex. 3612 (2009). This last had a recent modification
in June 2014.
INTEMIT: Technological institute of the mussel
industry in Chile. It depends of AMICHILE.
INTESAL: The technological institute of salmon, in
charge of R&D necessary for the salmon industry.
It depends of SalmonChile.
ISA: Infectious salmon disease. It affected severely the
Chilean industry in 2007.
LAW OF THE GENERAL BASIS OF THE ENVIRONMENT:
Law 19,300 enacted in 1994 defining
regulations for a sustainable use of natural
resources of the country and protection of its
natural reserves. It contains norms for Environmental
Impact assessment in the different sector,
establishing when an EIA study or declaration are
necessary, among others.
LAW 20.434 (2010): In this legal body it was
introduced the option to declare AAA for a group
of species. The same law closed new license
applications in the X Region except for seaweed
farming; it closed temporarily, for 2 years licenses
for salmon species farming in the XI Region and
also temporarily closed applications in the XII
Region until the modification of the AAA for
group of species in the period of 12 months. In
2012, due to the high farm concentration in the
X Region, particularly of salmon and mussel, the
Sub-Secretary of fisheries declared the AAA of the
X Region not available for new licenses request,
the only exemption being seaweed farming (R.EX.
825—2012, Undersecretary of Fisheries and
Aquaculture).
LICENSE: Concession for a farming site installation
and operation. Derived from the administrative act
through which the National Ministry of Defense
gives to a person/entity rights of use of a resource
(water column, sea bottom, coastal site, etc.), for a
period of 25 years renewable, to carry out in them
aquaculture activities (GLFA, vers. 2013).
MACRO ZONE: Zone defined by the Authority
(SUBPESCA) to avoid dispersion of a given disease
or infection in any farmed species activated under
an emergency situation (not always operational).
(GLFA, DS 391, 2001). When activated a macro
zone includes AMAs (neighbourhoods) and
farming sites or licenses.
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: It is in charge of the defense
of the country. It has Subsecretaries for the Army,
Navy, Air Force and Police. The Subsecretary of the
Navy is the one related principally to fisheries and
aquaculture permissions, enforcement, safety and
environmental aspects.
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND TOURISM: The
Ministry dealing with fisheries and aquaculture.
SUBPESCA AND SERNAPESCA are part of this
Ministry.
NATIONAL COMMISSION OF THE COASTAL ZONE:
This is a commission with participation of several
Ministries responsible for proposing to the President
of the Republic, actions that promote the
implementation and enforcement of the national
policy for use of coastal zone. The commissions
are integrated by representatives of different sectors
dealing with: the aquaculture industry, other
economic sectors, indigenous people (Law 20249,
2008, creates marine space of original people),
local communities, regulation and enforcement
authorities, research institutions and NGOs related
to environmental and social protection.
NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE USE OF THE
COASTAL ZONE: D.S. 475 (1995) of the Ministry
of Defense, establishes regulations to define areas
of preference uses in the different regions of the
country and other matters related to the best use
of the coastal regional sea.
OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE OF THE CHILEAN
NAVY (SHOA): This is an agency of the Navy of
Chile which provides oceanographic and meteorological
information for ports and navigation.
Also it develops studies, research and monitoring
associated with its mission. It gives scientific and
technical support to the Subsecretary of the Navy
in relation to space management of aquaculture.
RAMA: The environmental regulation for aquaculture
defined in the GLFA. It specifies prodedures and
criteria for CPS and INFA.
REGIONAL COASTAL ZONE PLANS: Sectorial planning.
AAAs have been integrated in the context of
the coastal zone management plan established in
different regions. In fact, the regional plans recognized
different zones of preferential use (National
Commission of the Coastal zone use, www
.ssffaa.cl/comision-nacional-de-uso-del-bordecostero-
cnubc/).
REGIONS: Territorial units of the political divisions of
the country; in Chile there are presently 15. (See
Annex 2).
RESA: The fish health and sanitary regulation for
aquaculture defined in the GLFA.
SALMONCHILE: The association of the industry of
salmon in Chile.
SERNAPESCA: National Fisheries and Aquaculture
Service. Agency under the Ministry of Economy
and Tourism. It is the agency essentially responsible
for enforcement.
SUBPESCA: Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Institution under the Ministry of Economy
and Tourism. It is the institution essentially
responsible for regulation.