Chile is not alone in its need to treat fish with antibiotics. It comes from a long line of producers who have historically battled a host of bacterial diseases with the medicine.

Diseases differ by region, with sea temperatures, salinity and the general environment coming into play, but each and every producer has had its share of problems.

For Norway, Hitra disease (Vibrio salmonicida) wreaked havoc on its aquaculture industry in the 1980s, treated only by the development of a successful vaccine.

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