Friday, March 4, 2011

Salmon industry expects to recover production level by 2013: SalmonChile

The president of the Association for the Chilean Salmon Industry A.G. (SalmonChile) has made the most of the sixth edition framework covering marine products by the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) held in Oslo, Norway, to highlight the recovery being experienced by the Chilean salmon industry.

At this important international event, Cesar Barros said the industry projected to produce around 400,000 tonnes of salmon by 2013, a figure close to that recorded before the crisis caused by the spread of the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus in 2007. For this year, it is estimated that Chilean production will reach roughly 185,000 tonnes. The upward trend was supported by the CEO of Aquagen, Odd Magne.

"Projections by Kontali and Aquagen specialists, and those carried out by ourselves, see a resurgence in Chilean production, by around 2013, Chile will resume levels of production that were last witnessed in 2007," claims Barros. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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