The establishment of neighborhoods will enable companies to jointly implement integrated management of their farming permits and create common salmon farming and harvesting periods, El Diario Financiero reported.
The hope is that this coordinated farming will help reduce the spread of the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus.
Companies in the sector that are members of SalmonChile held a closed meeting last week in Puerto Montt, where they were informed of the new geographical and productive system that will help them fight ISA, which could cut salmon production up to 50 percent in 2009.
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