Paradise lost?: The Hellish expansion of salmon farming in Chile’s Patagonia could threaten a hundred years of Chile-Norway relations

Núñez, Juan Carlos Cárdenas (2019) Paradise lost?: The Hellish expansion of salmon farming in Chile’s Patagonia could threaten a hundred years of Chile-Norway relations. Samudra Report (81). pp. 56-58. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

It is said that if there is such a thing as a salmon farming heaven, it is in Norway; whilst if there is a hell, it is in Chile. The South American country displays the worst labour standards globally for this industry. Between July 2013 and January 2019, it killed 31 of its workers. Its sanitary and environmental records are abysmal, with an abusive use of antibiotic and anti-parasite treatments, a mega-crisis of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) virus, successive noxious and toxic algal blooms, massive dumping of dead fish into the sea and antifouling paints into lakes and rivers, along with the sinking of salmon well-boats, to name but a few of its problems.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM1099
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Chile, Salmon, Norway, Fish Production, Exports, Fisheries Legislation
Subjects:	Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2021 06:57
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 04:47
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1689

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