The meeting is the first stage in a project to provide jobs to divers and salmon industry workers laid off from their jobs as a result of reduced production caused by the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus.

Chile’s National Training Institute (INACAP) and SalmonChile will conduct the training, and those chosen will receive scholarships to cover the cost of their training.

Courses of this kind are essential in the change process the salmon industry is undergoing, SalmonChile CEO Carlos Odebret told IntraFish.

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