Friday, August 19, 2011

Chilean salmon industry beginning to recover

The Chilean salmon industry is hoping to recover next year to the levels of employment prior to 2007 when the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) almost destroyed the salmon industry. According to industry figures around 50 percent of the jobs lost then have been recovered.

However there is still a shortage of labour, the crisis in 2008 led to the loss of 25,000 jobs, according to the regional secretary of labour the salmon industry has about 20,000 currently employed, and by early 2012 a further 25,000 to 27,000 jobs will be filled. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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