SALMON INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN CHILE by Joao Pina (33 images)

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A virus called infectious salmon anemia killed millions of salmon destined for export to Japan, Europe and the United States. The spreading plague has sent shivers through Chile's third-largest export industry, which has left local people embittered by laying off more than 1,000 workers.
©Joao Pina 2008

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  • Cesar Barros, president of Salmon Chile, an association of the Chilean salmon industry.
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  • Sandra Bravo, teacher at the Austral University and an expert of the impact of Salmon Aquaculture in the South of Chile.
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  • Alejandro Buschmann, marine biologist and teacher at the Lagos University in Puerto Montt.
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  • Victor Gutierrez, a fisherman and fish seller in Pucheguin, on the XXII Region.
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  • Torben Petersen, the president of Marine Harvest Chile.
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  • Fish at a Puerto Montt market. The industry is moving to cleaner waters, leaving local people fearful for the future.
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  • A fisherman and his catch at Puerto Montt, Chile, where infectious salmon anemia is killing millions of fish destined for export to Japan, Europe and America.
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  • A fisherman before getting on his boat while his son waits for him to leave the city of Puerto Montt.
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  • The local fish market in Puerto Montt where fish and shellfish are sold to the local population.
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  • A 30 pound salmon at Puerto Montt local fish market.
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  • A man preparing salmons to be sold in the local fish market of Puerto Montt.
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  • A man preparing several salmons to be sold in the local fish market of Puerto Montt.
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  • The local fish market in Puerto Montt where fish and shellfish are sold to the locals.
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  • The local fish market in Puerto Montt where fish and shellfish are sold to the local population.
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  • A fishing boat, resting on the shore of a bay in Castro, Chiloé Island.
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  • View from Puerto Montt's bay.
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  • Boats on the Queillon Port in Chiloe island.
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  • A local fisherman, unloads and weights clams in the Queillon Port in Chiloe island.
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  • Queillon Port in Chiloe island.
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  • An advertising on the back of a public bus in Castro, a little city in the Chiloe Island XX Region in Chile.
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  • Fish food with antibiotics inside bags on the warehouse of the Castro port. This food is used to feed salmons in the aquaculture farms.
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  • A boat with containers filed with dead fish victims of the ISA virus. Castro Port.
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  • Fish food with antibiotics inside bags on the warehouse of the Castro port. This food is used to feed salmons in the aquaculture farms.
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  • A truck carrying containers used to transport fish on the road between Castro and Puerto Montt, on southern Chile.
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  • Salmon pens in the Gulf of Reloncavi. Crowded pens are blamed for water pollution and potentially unhealthy fish.
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  • Jose Aro, a local fisherman of Cochamo repairing his boat during the low-tide.
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  • Salmon pens in the Gulf of Reloncavi. Crowded pens are blamed for water pollution and potentially unhealthy fish.
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  • The Osorno Volcano seen from the road to Puerto Montt.
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  • An industry boat off Puerto Montt, Chile.
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  • The biggest pisciculture center in the world, located near Puerto Montt, southern Chile. This center is owned by Marine Harvest and produces between 35 and 40 million Salmon alevins every year.
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  • The biggest pisciculture center in the world, located near Puerto Montt, southern Chile. This center is owned by Marine Harvest and produces between 35 and 40 million Salmon alevins every year.
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  • A truck carrying containers used to transport fish on the road in Puerto Montt.
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  • A small house with protest graffiti against Marine Harvest sits in front of one of the main process plants of this company in Puerto Montt, southern Chile.
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