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Greenpeace demands that:

  1. RGI withdraw its plans to send the American Monarch to Chile or any other fishery on already fully- or over-exploited fish stocks, or any region not covered by a strict management and conservation regime, based on the precautionary approach;

  2. The Chilean government keep the American Monarch out of Chilean fisheries;

  3. RGI cancel its plans to build 24 new fishing vessels;

  4. The Norwegian government cancel subsidies for the new vessels RGI is planning to build;

  5. The Chilean government must establish and implement, as a matter of urgency, a management plan for the Chilean southern fisheries that will allow the recovery of the collapsed stocks of southern hake and golden conger. This process must include formal mechanisms to ensure transparency and citizen participation. The plan must have as its primary objective to ensure conservation of the marine environment, based on the precautionary approach, and the socio-cultural integrity of coastal communities;

  6. The Chilean government must also:

    • ensure the protection of critical habitats - nursery and spawning grounds - for southern fish stocks;

    • establish moratoria on those fishing operations where it cannot be demonstrated that they do not threaten the marine biodiversity, for example, those which damage the benthos or species composition of the marine foodweb;

    • ensure the use of more selective fishing methods and gears;

    • ensure the reduction of bycatch to levels approaching zero;

    • undertake better and regionally coordinated research of southern Cone fisheries, including the impact of fishing activities on fish stocks and marine ecosystems;

    • ensure that fisheries management decisions are transparent and open to public scrutiny and participation;

  7. The Chilean and Argentinian governments must:

    • combat illegal fishing in waters around the Southern Cone of Latin America and in Antarctic waters under the jurisdiction of CCAMLR;

    • impose the use of satellite control as well as strict at sea and on land control of fishing operations and fleets by all fishing nations in the area;

  8. Chile, Argentina and Norway must ratify the UN Agreement on the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks;

  9. Chile and other states of the Southern Cone of Latin America must expeditiously negotiate a legally-binding regional agreement, as called for in Article 8 of the UN Agreement, in cooperation with CCAMLR member countries, and in particular, South Africa.
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