Aquaculture in Chile

[4][5] The unregulated use of chemical compounds, such as antibiotics used to prevent infections, may influence the entire ecosystem [6] as well as copper used as antifouling (Buschmann et al. 2006) and litter (Pumalin, 2008); and the loading of nutrients from aquaculture into the interior sea and lakes and nutrients from large scale mussel farms The industry suffered during the Great Recession, which coincided with a sudden appearance and outbreak of infectious salmon anemia in 2007.

[10] Studies undertaken by marine biologists aim to verify the link between the waste generated by the salmon industry in the Chilean oceanic waters and the outbreak of the highly toxic red tide harmful algal blooms in the region.

This means it is impossible for the public scientific regulator IFOP to access the area to take benthic or water quality samples.

That means through the fluid nature of the sea, the ecological impacts are felt in common while the profits are kept private by the corporation.

It is hoped in the future that fair regulation will evolve, allowing greater transparency over this highly profitable industry.