Chilean salmon output in 2010 will be half of what it was in 2008, and the situiation will get worse unless news laws and technology, and changes to how the salmon farmng industry operates, are enacted, said Odebret.
“I think 2010 will be the industry’s worst year," Odebret told IntraFish. "Data indicates that as sowing has fallen sharply by almost 60 percent to 70 percent, especially of Atlantic salmon, and there has been early harvesting. The industry’s output will be around 300,000 tons next year, against the 650,000 tons in 2008.
"That
