Chilean salmon producer Salmones Camanchaca lost a total of 1.6 million fish, the equivalent of 2,700 metric tons of biomass, as a result of the recent algal bloom affecting a number of its farming sites in the Los Lagos region.

The company said the event would ultimately cost it $7.5 million (€6.3 million), significantly up from the estimate of $4.4 million (€3.7