Over 4.3 million salmon confirmed dead

The sudden interruption of the normal water flow in the river Nilahue caused the deaths of more than 4.3 million salmon in Nilahue River farming centre, informed Guillermo Rivera, Los Ríos regional director of the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca). The flow interruption may have been caused by a landslide, among other factors, following the eruption of Caulle-Puyehue range.

100 percent of the Atlantic salmon fry and smolts from the fish farming plant of the company Nilahue SA died, that is to say, 150 tonnes of fish. In the coming days, the dead salmon will be removed from the Nilahue River to prevent them from being scattered in the river due to excessive flooding, Aqua reported. Read more ...

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