After a challenging 2015, Chilean salmon farmers had begun to focus on international positioning, the implementation of antibiotic-free treatments and generally looking forward to a more constructive year.
No-one could have foreseen the strike of a yet larger crisis, the algal bloom reported on farms in Region X from Feb. 25.
So far, it is impossible to estimate the reach of the disaster, but it is already affecting the industry on all levels -- production, companies’ value, international reputation and employment -- reminding producers of scenes from 2007 when the Chilean aquaculture industry faced its biggest crisis in history with the outbreak of infectious salmon anemia (ISA).
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