Nobody wants rid of antibiotics more than Chilean salmon companies, and perhaps most frustrating to Chilean producers is the notion that they aren’t trying to address the problem, or worse -- that they don’t care.
The Chilean salmon industry spent a whopping $94.3 million (€84.7 million) on antibiotics in 2015.
Of those applications, some 90 percent were used to combat SRS, according to SalmonChile.
Direct costs due to mortality losses related to SRS are around $110 million (€98.7 million) a year.
Ricardo García, CEO at salmon farmer Camanchaca, told IntraFish excessive use of antibiotics is one of the biggest scourges facing the industry.
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