On November 27, the Santiago daily El Mercurio published an article which announced that the changes to the General Law of Fishing and Fish Farming had been given the go ahead, which will allow, amongst other things, the privatization of the sea of all of us Chileans.
The newspaper was reporting, believe it or not, that the senators of the Treasury Commission had achieved consensus on an instruction to eliminate, as the cause for termination of a water concession, the reiterated breach of labor laws by companies, a requisite pushed mainly by the socialist Senator Pedro Muñoz in order to win approval of these reforms.
For most fishermen, there exists the idea that to fish for big trout you have to travel far. Most fishermen believe you need to seek out remote places very inaccessible, where only a lucky few can ever hope to arrive. 
The date January 20, 2010, should be remembered as the Maritime Miracle Day. For on that day occurred what was least expected -- the end to the process of the “privatization of the sea” and a happy adios to the so-called “progressives” and “socialists” of the Michelle Bachelet government..jpg)
This past spring was one of rainiest on record in Chile. The ground was wet and oozing. The sun—when it surfaced—a frail lemon ray lost in grey horizons.