CHILE CHILEAN SEAWEED RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

FI:DP/CHI/80/002
Field Document
May 1982

CHILE
CHILEAN SEAWEED RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

A report prepared for the
Fisheries Development in Chile Project

G. Michanek
Consultant
(Algae Resources Management)

This informal report is one of a series of reports prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1982

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Terms of Reference

1.2 Information and Knowledge on Seaweed Resources and Exploitation

1.2.1 Availability of Information

1.2.2 Basic Data on Resources and Exploitation

1.2.3 Basic Limitations in Knowledge on Chilean Seaweeds

1.2.4 The Problem of Possible Decrease in Biomass

2. THE SYSTEM OF INVESTIGATION AND MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO THE ALGAL RESOURCES IN CHILE

2.1 Decree No. 37 (Decreto de Agricultura No. 37, 1976)

2.2 Resource Surveys

3. ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS FOR ALGAE MANAGEMENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

3.1 Concessions of Marine Areas