Chile, a big producer of farmed salmon and trout, is also rearing other species on an experimental or pilot scale that have excellent potential for increased production.
One aquaculture candidate that could help consolidate existing niche markets at home and abroad, and perhaps win new markets, is the native puye (Galaxias maculatus).
The Catholic University of Temuco, in Chile's IX region, is pioneering the cultivation of this fish, wild stocks of which are said to be very diminished.
The advantages of farming this small fish lie in the fact that it is a product much sought after in markets like New Zealand and Spain.
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