Chile plans first land based salmon farm
A PROPOSAL to build Chile’s first land based salmon farm was given the go ahead last month by the country’s Environmental Assessment Service (SEA), according to reports.
The company behind the project is Bordemar and involves former executives from feed producer EWOS.
The Israeli recirculating aquaculture systems expert, AquaMaof, is said to be building the facility, which will be sited in Talcahuano in the salmon farming region of Bio-Bío - midway between Puerto Montt and the capital, Santiago.
The plan is to produce 4,000 tonnes in the first year and then 24,000 tonnes by the third year.
The plant, reportedly costing US$45 million, will recycle 99.8 per cent of its water. There will also be a slaughterhouse and processing plant on the site.