Abstract

A characterization of the practices and uses of marine space, highlighting the influence it has had the Fisheries Law (Law n. 18.892) in the modification of the traditional modes of life about artisanal fisheries, which are the cases of two artisanal fishing organizations located in Hualaihué, southern Chile. In these settlements have been introduced new fisheries management figures that materializing into new uses of space. This serves as a framework to expose the territorial forms used by artisanal fishermen time to respond to the lower bioavailability of resources, which in turn is associated with changes in the traditional gear to extracting.