Local Fishery Official Testifies How Dead Salmon were Dumped During Chile's Algae Bloom Crisis
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Techno Press] December 28, 2016
A Regional Director of Fisheries for Chile’s Los Lagos region confirmed to federal prosecutors that 4,500 metric tons of salmon that were by the deadly algae bloom at the start of year were dumped 75 nautical miles offshore north of the Chiloe archipelago
Eduardo Aguilera testified in front of federal prosecutors for four hours about how his administration handled the massive algae bloom that killed millions of farmed salmon in Southern Chile at the beginning of 2016
The testimony is part of a federal investigation into how Chile’s farmed salmon producers and fishery officials managed the algae bloom, specifically with how the millions of dead fish were disposed of during the crisis...
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