El Golfo plans to start cultivating Atlantic salmon

After the crisis caused by the ISA virus, El Golfo plans to resume Atlantic salmon farming by the end of this year. (Photo: Gulf / FIS)

 (CHILE, 8/9/2010)

Due to good sanitary conditions at Pesquera El Golfo fish farms, its executives hope to begin cultivating the first Atlantic salmon smolts in freshwwater by the end of this year.    After the crisis caused by the appearance of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) in 2007, the company had focused its production on rainbow trout.    "The most important thing for us has been the effectiveness of authority (National Marine Fisheries Service SERNAPESCA), in the sense that they were extremely active in monitoring compliance with the regulations. It appears to us that the path to sus...  (More Info)