Multi X SA Reports Mass Mortality Event in Aysén Region Related to Low Oxygen
Multi X SA notified Sernapesca on March 15 of a mass mortality event at their facility in the Aysén region. According to the report, 30,000 Atlantic salmon were lost.
CEO Cristian Swett Pla confirmed to IntraFish that the mortality was related to “environmental challenges, mainly low oxygen.”
Around this time of year the Chilean salmon industry deals with challenges related to low levels of oxygen and toxic algal blooms. The Shamba Centre of Food & Climate, citing a report from Sernapesca, says that low levels of...
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