The closure of the smoked salmon plant Delifish, located in the area of Chinquihue in Puerto Mont, will cause the redundancy of more than 200 workers in three months.

It was the commercial director of Marine Harvest America, Gianfranco Nattero, who personally told the employees about the imminent cessation of the factory operations.

"The business has reached loss levels that make it unfeasible to maintain their operations," the company explained in a statement.

"This business area was moved from Santiago to Puerto Montt in the year 2009, but unfortunately a number of circumstances eventually took plac...  (More Info)