The company has applied for approval for the site, which will control the cycle of breeding salmon up to smolts. It is to be based in Pargue, in the Calbuco district near Puerto Montt in Region 10. The annual capacity will be 50 million eggs.
According to the company, this is the biggest investment in the Chilean salmon industry to stop the spread of the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus, and the project will help it become less dependent on imported eggs.
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