Alliance will allow, instead of becoming polluting waste, the nets seized in Sernapesca enforcement procedures to be managed and recycled to create sustainable products.
In an important initiative and one that opens the way towards sustainability and the circular economy, the National Service of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sernapesca) from the Los Lagos region and Tying Loops Chile SpA They signed a Cooperation Agreement to convert seized fishing nets into raw materials and products.
This agreement will allow, instead of becoming polluting waste, the nets seized in enforcement procedures by Sernapesca to be managed and recycled to create sustainable products.
Luis Cárdenas, Seremi of Economy, Development and Tourism of Los Lagos commented: "In the case of Sernapesca, when we carry out seizures of illegal fishing, we currently do not have an appropriate space to store these materials. With this agreement, we aim to solve this problem, ensuring a more efficient and sustainable management of these wastes. This agreement is also aligned with the work we carry out as the Ministry of Economy to drive economic development, especially through the circular economy, which we consider a fundamental pillar within the general economy.
The Regional Secretary also added that "In this sense, we have been working together with the Regional Government and our Ministry for the implementation of a Circular Economy Technology Centre in the Los Lagos Region. This advancement reflects the huge potential of our region to continue leading the development of the circular economy, promoting sustainable and responsible growth with the environment."
By tying corporals, he or she will store and guard the seized networks during the judicial process of the respective case and until the order of the court ruling on the confiscation and/or destruction. Once the court defines the final destination of the networks, tying up the loopholes will be able to make use of them to transform them into raw materials.
Cristian Hudson, the regional director of Sernapesca in Los Lagos, referred to the importance of this agreement: “This important alliance strengthens our control and the fight against illegal fishing, giving a useful and noble destination to the illegal gears and gears that we seize daily, contributing and further promoting innovation and the circular economy in the Los Lagos region.”
The seized networks will be temporarily handed over to Atando Cabos through an entry certificate, to be stored with their respective identity stamp and individualization of the court's role number and designation as long as it is guarded, for as long as it is necessary, after which it can be processed or removed from storage as ordered by Sernapesca officials and/or prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office, leaving record of the decision.
Finally, Julio Compagnon, director and founder of Atando Cabos: “For us, this agreement with Sernapesca is super important, because one of our objectives is to ensure that all fisheries waste reaches a good destination and is reincorporated into the economy through a circular economy model. All these fishing gears used to go to sanitary landfills, however, in our model of circular economy we applied technology and we transform into new raw materials and new products that are incorporated into the economy.”
