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8. Conclusions
In the 2000s the growing projections in Chilean aquaculture were very optimistic, but Chilean
salmon production has not increased according to these expectations in the last four years. The
major set-back is caused by severe sanitary events appearing at the same time. Specifically,
permanent losses due to piscirickettsiosis (SRS) as well as the spread of treatment-resistant
Caligus and lately the occurrence of epidemic ISAv have presented sanitary challenges of a
magnitude that surprised the industry and rendered earlier growth projections obsolete. The
sanitary crisis that led to economical, environmental and social problems, forced the
authorities to improve and strengthen aquaculture regulations, providing more governmental
control. In addition, the industries' own organisation, SalmonChile, through Intesal has
established several measures towards sanitary, production, and logistics management that
complements the new governmental regulations, where an essential issue is the fact that
neighbourhood will operate in an organized manner. Although the industry are facing
increased production cost, these new regulations and measurements are massively accepted as
the unique way to reborn the Chilean salmonid aquaculture.
9. Acknowledgment
The authors acknowledge the valuable information provided by TechnoPress, Intesal and
GeoAustralis. The authors also thank Luis Martinez for the assistance in information search
for this review.
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