Sky-high salmon prices meant investors in the Chilean salmon industry began to see their shares valuation spike in the second half of 2016/2017.

In lieu of this, some listed companies finally decided to pay dividend incomes to shareholders, after years of reported losses.

Of the listed salmon companies -- Multiexport, Salmones Camanchaca, Blumar, Invermar, Australis and AquaChile -- only the first four distributed dividends at the close of 2017.

Despite the positive results of the year, AquaChile accumulated a loss of $142.8