Chilean Salmon Faces El Niño on Top of ISA, Tariffs and Feed Costs as Harvest Growth Slows
Chile's salmon farmers are preparing for El Niño while dealing with a string of other problems. Market participants say some of that preparation is already visible in the water. They describe producers reducing the biomass they hold in sea cages as a precaution against El Niño-linked mortality risk, and regulators and companies are rehearsing responses to mass mortality.
El Niño is a recurring warming of the tropical Pacific that shifts weather patterns worldwide, and it hits the west coast of South America...
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