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Overexploited fisheries are declared to be in the recovering fisheries regime. When a fishery is declared to be in the recovery regime, all the fishing authorizations relating to that fishery expire. In this case, the Undersecretariat of Fishing may only award, by competitive bidding, the right to catch, each year, the equivalent, in tonnes, of 10% of the global industrial catch quota. However, before the auction is held, it has to be determined how the global catch quota will be divided up between the small scale fishing sector and the part of the quota to be auctioned. For incipient fisheries, as for recovering fisheries, each year the Undersecretariat will award, by competitive bidding, the right to catch the equivalent, in tonnes, of 10% of the industrial fraction of the global catch quota. Only 50% of the global quota is auctioned and the rest of the global catch quota is reserved for the small scale fishing sector for a period of three years.

The Ministry, on the basis of a technical report from the Undersecretariat and the Scientific and Technical Committee, may establish prohibitions or measures for managing hydrobiological resources. These measures include: (a) a biological closed season by species within a particular area for a specific period of time, initially two years, which may be extended in accordance with specified biological indicators; (b) a temporary or permanent ban on the catching of species protected under international agreements to which Chile is party; (...)

(…) The Management Committees determine the range within which the global catch quota can be fixed, previously the responsibility of the National Fisheries Council. Quotas are now established on the basis of purely scientific variables, which mainly take the conservation objective into account, whereas previously other variables were considered. Because of this change, in 2014 the quotas for all fishery resources were reduced on average by 37%.

The Ministry, on the basis of a technical report from the Undersecretariat and the Scientific and Technical Committee, may establish prohibitions or measures for managing hydrobiological resources. These measures include: (...) (c) the establishment of annual catch quotas by species within a specified area or global catch quotas. The global catch quotas may be fixed for periods of up to three years, with the annual catch volume always being established. If the whole of the annual catch is not caught, the remainder cannot be carried over to the following year (Article 3.1).

In fisheries subject to the full exploitation regime annual global catch quotas may be established for each fishery unit. The annual global catch quotas may be distributed over two or more periods of the year and may not be amended, unless there is new scientific data to justify the change. Holders of industrial fishing authorizations, in full exploitation fisheries in which a global catch quota has been established, are granted Class A transferable fishing licences or transferable individual quotas (CIT), which replaced tradable fishing licences (LTP). Whereas the LTPs did not expire, the Class A licences are valid for 20 years, renewable, and indicate the percentage of the global quota allocated to industrial fishing. This percentage is progressively decreasing, so as to transfer fishing rights to other holders, but never by more than 15% of the original share. According to the law, if a fishery is at a level equal to or greater than 90% of its maximum sustainable yield, 5% of the industrial fraction quota will be auctioned off, when it reaches 95% another 5% will be auctioned off, and when it reaches 100% an additional 5%. This system enables other operators to obtain access to fishery resources. Holders who obtain authorization to exploit the fishery resource through auctions obtain a Type B transferable licence valid for 20 years, at the end of which they are re auctioned. So far, no auction has been organized, since there is still no regulatory framework and the maximum sustainable yields have not been determined.

Chile hopes that the negotiations subsequent to the Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference held in Bali (Indonesia) in December 2013 will make it possible to conclude the Doha Round as soon as possible, with agreements on all elements of the agenda and a special focus on development. (...) It is also working to improve trade standards, in particular to avoid the excessive use of anti dumping measures, eliminate fisheries subsidies , and revise the dispute settlement provisions.

By carrying out technical studies, the Ministry of Defence determines the areas appropriate for aquaculture and grants aquaculture concessions, subject to an analysis by the Undersecretariat and the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA). The concessions grant the right to use specified national assets, for a period of 25 years renewable, to engage in aquaculture related activities. The rights under these concessions may be transferred, leased or conceded. Every year, the holders of aquaculture concessions and authorizations pay an aquaculture fee of 2 UTM per hectare, except in the case of aquaculture concessions or authorizations for exotic fish, when the fee is 20 UTM per hectare.

Through the Fisheries Research and Aquaculture Fund (FIPA), the Undersecretariat finances the fisheries research and aquaculture projects necessary to determine the measures that need to be taken to conserve hydrobiological resources, taking into account the economic and social, as well as the biological, aspects. Other programmes that Chile has implemented have been focused on investment in human capital and fishing productivity. For example, during the review period Chile implemented programmes for supporting the victims of natural disasters, supporting fishing industry workers, and promoting the use of insurance and non conventional renewable energies (NCRE).

The Ministry of Mining is the authority responsible for national mining policy. The SEREMIs (Regional Ministerial Secretariats) represent the central government in all of the country's various regions. For implementing its mining policy the Ministry relies on two technical advisory bodies: the National Geology and Mining Service (SERNAGEOMIN) and the Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO). SERNAGEOMIN assists the Government and the courts in regulating and supervising mining safety and sustainability and in granting mining concessions, in addition to drawing up the Geological Map of Chile and keeping the mining concession and mining land registers. COCHILCO advises the Government on the formulation, implementation and monitoring of policies for the sustainable development of the mining sector, supervises CODELCO and ENAMI, advises the Ministers for Mining and Finance on the budgets of these enterprises, without prejudice to its subsequent audit, and evaluates their investment projects jointly with the Ministry of Social Development in accordance with the respective laws , monitors compliance with the regulations on the marketing of copper and its byproducts and other mineral substances, and provides technical advice to State bodies such as the Foreign Investment Committee with regard to mining investment contracts and the Internal Revenue Service with regard to financial results, the analysis of records for determining taxable income and the specific tax on producers.

Chilean primary energy consumption in 2013 can be broken down as follows: petroleum and petroleum products (30.0%), wood and biomass (29.0%), coal (22.2%), natural gas (13.5%), hydroelectricity (5%) and wind, solar and biogas (0.2%) (Table 4.8). According to National Energy Audit figures, in 2013 Chile imported 59.3% of its gross energy consumption, a fall of one percentage point with respect to the previous year.