Algal Bloom Mortality at Multiexport Patagonia Farms in Chile Climbs to 642 Tonnes
Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) confirmed the activation of mass-mortality contingency plans at two Multiexport Patagonia salmon farming sites in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica region, after a harmful algal bloom triggered significant fish deaths beginning October 8.
Sernapesca said it had been monitoring the bloom since mid-September, with concentrations exceeding regulatory nocivity thresholds present across four of the company's farming centers. Two of those sites activated contingency protocols for mass mortality at 1:00 p.m. local time on October 8...
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