The early end of processing at the plant is because mussel performance has dropped to around 17 percent to 20 percent, Jaime Cayazzo, plant manager at St. Andrews, told IntraFish, and some plants have already halted operations.
“Plant production should stop in less than 30 days at the end of June. This is earlier than other normal years when production stops in July or August and starts up again in October. That is why Chile’s volume will be lower than that expected by the market," Commercial Manager Mario Solari (pictured) told IntraFish.
“There
