Protests over the Chilean salmon farming industry's alleged role in the return of a deadly algae bloom are intensifying, and spreading to regions beyond where they first began, wracking up further losses for the sector.
The protests, which fishermen started last week on the island of Chiloe (located in Chile’s Region X) , have so far cost the sector $80 million (€70.2 million), Felipe Manterola, SalmonChile’s general director told IntraFish.
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