Salmon market update - May 2011

Chilean production of the Atlantic Salmon was less that half of the production in 2010, the figures showed that up to November 2010 there was a 54 percent reduction in the output of aquaculture in Chile. A similar trend was seen in coho salmon 51 percent up to November.

During 2010 the Infectious salmon anemia virus (ISA) spread through the Salmonid populations and this accounted for 40 percent of the population,  the total production for 2010 was 22 percent below the production of 2009 at 287,500 tons. Read more ...

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