Marine Harvest Chile is racing to recapture as many salmon as possible with the collaboration of local fishermen to avoid a fine or even losing its concession at its Punta Redonda site, in Los Lagos region, after a massive escape was reported on July 10.

The cages contained a total 930,000 salmon, of which 680,000 escaped following days of strong winds during which no one was able to access the site for security reasons.

As soon as conditions improved 250,000 fish were recovered with wellboats.