Chile will catch 1.2 million tons of fish next year (12.22)

OA show ('918 '); Chile's National Fisheries Commission recently held a meeting to limit the number of fish caught in 2001 to 1.2 million tons In order to protect the fish resources, the Chilean government proposed to catch 1.1 million tons of fish next year before the meeting, but during the meeting, the fishery producers did not accept the government's proposal that the production restriction would reduce their income by at least 13.5 million dollars next year Fish is the main export of Chile's offshore fish species, more than 80% of which are produced in the eighth largest area of the south In 1999, the government's production quota was 800000 tons, and in 2000 it was 1.2 million tons The 2001 fishing quota set at the meeting of the National Fisheries Commission of Chile will be the same as that set in 2000 The meeting also discussed the fishing quota for the other 10 species of fish next year Xih (author:)