LAW NO. 19,907 AMENDS THE GENERAL LAW OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE, PROHIBITING THE FISHING OF TRAWLERS BY ARTISANAL FISHERMEN Having present that the National Congress has given its approval to the following Bill: " Single article.- The following second, third and fourth, new points are incorporated into Article 49 of the General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture, the consolidated, coordinated and systematized text of which is contained in D.S. No. 430, 1991, of the Ministry of Economy, and Reconstruction: " Ban also in the areas reserved for artisanal fishing to which they refer the first and second points of Article 47 of this law the use of both networks and systems of bottom trawling. Except for the prohibition set out in the preceding paragraph, the fisheries of hydrobiological resources that can only be caught with such networks and systems. The authorisation to carry out these catches shall be granted subject to a technical report ensuring the preservation of the marine environment. However, the provisions of the second and third subparagraphs of this Article shall not apply to the fisheries of crustaceans which the Regulation lays down. ' And because I have had to approve and sanction it; therefore, promulgate and take effect as the Law of the Republic. Santiago, 14 October 2003.-RICARDO LAGOS ESCOBAR, President of the Republic.-Jorge Rodriguez Grossi, Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction. What I transcribe for your knowledge.-Salute attentively to you, Felipe Sandoval Precht, Assistant Secretary of Fisheries.