More than 30 million fish lost in volcano eruption

CHILE’S National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service confirmed that 30.86 million fish were lost in the Calbuco volcano eruption in April, FIS reported last month.

There were 21 licensed fish farms within a 20km exclusion radius from the volcano, in the Los Lagos region, according to the Report on Aquaculture for Contingency issued by the organisation.

Out of that total, 10 fish farms were active before the eruption, and were operated by nine com- panies that were farming broodstock, eggs, fry and smolts.

Between April 20-26, three of the farms, operated by the companies Marine Harvest Chile, Aquacultivos and Aqua Gen Chile, recorded total losses.

The report noted that, in total, there were eight companies were affected by the volcanic eruption: Aqua Chile, Invermar, Cermaq, Salmones Caleta Bay, Trusal, Marine Harvest, Camanchaca and Salmones Pacific Star (operated by Aqua Gen Chile).