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It is believed that the salmon farming industry will not see a recovery to pre-crisis levels until 2013.(Photo: AquaChile, FIS)
The salmon industry is 'at its best health'
CHILE
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 04:50 (GMT + 9)
The president of the Association for the Chilean Salmon Industry A.G. (SalmonChile), Cesar Barros, has said that "the salmon industry has the best health status that it has ever had throughout its history."
According to the manager, "thanks to the adoption of 44 health measures, which were then included in the law [for General Fisheries & Aquaculture] and regulations", the sector has managed to "raise productivity, reduce mortality and increase crop yields." This was stated during the forum for "Investment opportunities in the salmon industry," organized by InvestChile of the Corporation for the Promotion of Production (Corfo) in Puerto Varas.
One of the advances made by the salmon industry after the crisis caused by the appearance of the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus in 2007, is that salmon mortalities fell from 15 per cent to 0.5 per cent and salmon stocking has risen from 2.6 to 11.2 million, said Barros, according to Diario Financiero.
"This is the result of good practices," he said.
He clarified that post crisis, the Chinese and Brazilian markets potentiated, "they have a great future, so will have to explore new forms of marketing."
On the future of salmon farming, the president said he did not see a recovery to pre-crisis levels until 2013.
"We need fresh capital, which is what Invertec Pesquera Mar de Chiloé (Invermar) Multiexport and Camanchaca have done. AquaChile have to do it and convince the financial sector that things are going well," he said.
For its part, the head of the Subsecretariat of Fisheries (Subpesca), Pablo Galilea, announced that on 9 November, he will submit National Fish Health Regulations (RESA) and Environmental Regulations (RAMA), which will become the heart of the new Aquaculture Act Nº 20,434.
The Secretary stressed that the regulations had been agreed with the industry, private and all service providers, and included the active participation of experts as well as national and foreign scientists which were coordinated by Subpesca and the National Marine Fisheries Service (Sernapesca).
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By Analia Murias
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www.seafood.media
Photo Courtesy of FIS Member  AquaChile S.A. - Group Headquarters
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