Stop fishing to fish more. This is the counterintuitive principle that the artisanal fishers of Ventanas, in Puchuncaví, are using to strengthen their livelihood in one of the most polluted areas of the Chilean coast. They are doing so while opposing what they see as another kind of pollution on their shores: the installation of a seawater desalination plant.

To achieve their goal, they created a TURF-Reserve together with Capital Azul. This means they voluntarily stop fishing in an area of almost 12 hectares (about 30 acres) in the southern part of their 80-hectare (198-acre) TURF. The aim is that, left undisturbed, the marine resources there will reach maturity and begin to reproduce, boosting fishing today and in the future.

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