{"id":15490,"date":"2022-06-03T16:01:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T20:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoverjuanfernandez.com\/?page_id=15490"},"modified":"2023-01-24T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:00:37","slug":"pesca-de-langosta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/discoverjuanfernandez.com\/eng\/pesca-de-langosta\/","title":{"rendered":"LOBSTER FISHING"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JUAN FERN\u00c1NDEZ, AN EXAMPLE
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The fishing of the endemic Juan Fern\u00e1ndez lobster is the main source of income for the local economy, and the population of this species has remained stable and abundant since the start of its commercial exploitation in 1893. The history of lobster fishing is a source of local pride.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Most of the world's island communities have overexploited their marine resources, affecting the fish population, with increasingly scarce and smaller catches. But more than 100 years ago, the fishermen of the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez archipelago became aware that they had to follow a different path towards sustainability. They were the ones who self-imposed early management measures for the lobster and asked the governments to formally regulate the activity from 1894, establishing extraction limits and closed seasons for their reproduction. This has allowed this fishery to subsist for more than 100 years and keep the marine ecosystem practically intact, even though they have been using it for more than a century. Something very difficult to find in other parts of the world.
\nThe extracted lobster is mainly exported to China and work is currently underway to expand its marketing to other global markets.
\nThe fishing season is closed for four months a year, between June and September, to allow the recovery of the species. Only the use of the lobster trap for the extraction of the crustacean is allowed, there are size restrictions for its capture, which cannot be less than 11.5cm in length of the cephalothorax, and the total prohibition of removing females with eggs from the sea. Each fisherman has a designated and registered catch location, called a \u201cmarca\u201d.
\nThis fishery was the first in Chile to achieve the highest sustainability certification standard.
\nAdditionally, the community of Juan Fern\u00e1ndez together with the Chilean government have promoted the creation of one of the largest marine protected areas in the world. With the exception of artisanal fishing close to the coasts of the archipelago, fishing is prohibited in this area of \u200b\u200bmore than 600 thousand km\u00b2. This is an important achievement not only for Chile, but also for the oceans and humanity.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Lobster trap, an artisanal method<\/h2>\n

The current technique for lobster fishing, known as the lobster trap, consists of an artisanal method implemented in the 1940s, which uses a rectangular cage built with maqui or eucalyptus wood rods, both introduced invasive species, divided into two sections, inside which a funnel-shaped tissue known as buche is inserted, allowing for the entry but not the exit of the lobster. Bait is placed inside the trap to attract the lobster. The main types of bait are fish such as pandora, moray eel and horse mackerel.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t

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This system allows for the capturing of live lobsters at depths between 30 and 180 meters. The cages are thrown into the sea, connected to a rope and ball and then hoisted from the boats by motor, weighing up to 80 kilos. Traditionally the fishermen of the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez archipelago leave lobster traps for at least two nights before checking their catch.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Although lobster fishing is the main fishery in Juan Fern\u00e1ndez, it is not the only one. The rich marine ecosystems of the archipelago are a refuge for many species of invertebrates and fish, many of them endemic. Among the most significant of a smaller scale, either for direct consumption or sale, we find golden crab, glassfish, also known as palometa, sole, Juan Fern\u00e1ndez cod, pandora, Juan Fern\u00e1ndez horse mackerel and octopus.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t

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These are caught exclusively with artisanal and low-impact methods, using traps or hand-line systems, and horizontal and vertical fishing rods. The use of nets and other industrial and semi-industrial fishing systems are strictly prohibited, along with any others with a negative direct or indirect impact on ecosystems, such as the decrease of biomass and loss of biodiversity. In this way, the local fishermen, aware of the fragility and irreplaceable value of these rich marine ecosystems, have self-imposed regulations that guarantee the sustainability of their resources, respecting the mutual relationship and balance between the species that inhabit these seas.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A FISHING MODEL THAT GUARANTEES THE SUSTAINABILITY
OF THEIR RESOURCES, RESPECTING THE MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP
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History of our fishing<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t
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Since its discovery in 1574, the island has been sporadically occupied by sailors and pirates, and visited for scientific, tourist and commercial purposes. The common denominator in the records and chronicles of those trips is the allusion to the abundant fishing and the exquisite lobsters that were easily extracted from the coast.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

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In 1892 Alfred Con Rodt installed the first lobster canning factory on the island, which in 5 years generated 240,000 cans, using sophisticated fishing techniques. After observing the reproductive cycles of the lobster, in 1894 he suggested that the government take measures to prevent the extinction of lobsters, based on reproductive bans and minimum sizes to be exploited.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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In the 1960s, after years of abuse and exploitation, the local fishermen decided to become independent and to put an end to the employer\/employee system, which had kept them in precarious economic conditions and subjected to the circle of the grocery store. This is how they built their first boats and established the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Fishermen Cooperative in 1967.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

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During the last century, the fishermen of Juan Fern\u00e1ndez have played an active role in the protection of resources and marine conservation. The regulations that have been in force in local artisanal fishing since 1907, such as the minimum size and closed season, were incorporated into the Fisheries Law, and today it is the fishermen themselves who, under a model of self-management, ensure the compliance with these regulations, and for the exclusive use of artisanal fishing techniques. Likewise, they have been promoters of the creation of the Multiple-Use Marine Coastal Protected Areas and the Marine Parks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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GUILLERMO LOPEZ RIVADENEIRA, 71 YEARS OLD<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>
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CULTURE<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t
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Living in a World Biosphere Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t

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Brinck y Torres de Rodt,
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CONSERVATION<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t
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Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Biosphere Reserve, endemism for conservation.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t

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Rodrigo Vargas et.al.
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GEOMORPHOLOGY<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t
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The strong competition between growth and erosive process.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t

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Laura Becerril et.al.
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Vascular wild flora in the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Archipelago.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t

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Diego Penneckamp,
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