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Chile a step closer to creating a whale sanctuary
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Colleagues in Chile have taken their proposals for the creation of a whale sanctuary one stop further by meeting with the President, Michelle Bachelet. Centro de Conservacion Cetacea (CCC), Centro Ecoceanos and the National Confederation of Artisan Fishers of Chile (CONAPACH) are promoting the creation of a whale sanctury in Chilean jurisdicitional waters before the next annual meeting of the IWC which is due to take place in Santiago next June. |
During the meeting President Bachelet showed support for the project and Barbara Galletti, President of CCC stated that “we are extremely happy with the support expressed by President Bachelet regarding her interest in developing non lethal use alternatives related to cetaceans that will benefit the economies of our coastal communities”. Galleti added that “the Sanctuary proposal has a wide support of the Chilean Congress, the Chilean people and more than 120 NGOs from Chile and abroad, so we are very confident it will be created soon”.
President Bachelet agreed that there is no other issue in the country that generates such consensus in all the Chilean society than whale protection. The Marine Connection congratulates and fully supports our colleagues efforts to obtain protection for whales in their waters and are delighted that the proposals are receiving support from the President and other authorities.
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