Chile has 4,000 miles of coastline, but fish is scarce and expensive

Chile has 4,000 miles of coastline, but fish is scarce and expensive

By Andrea Lagos

Source: elpais

9/1/2023

Credit: Juan Carlos Ahumada

To combat climate change and overexploitation, fishing communities are transforming their coves into sustainable and profitable fisheries

ulieta Nuñez, a 61-year-old shellfish diver, drops beneath the waves every day with a scuba tank on her back. She lives off the sea, diving for “locos,” a Chilean mollusk similar to an abalone.