Chilean Salmon

[liuzhou]

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The country is the world’s second-largest producer of the popular fish, and the biggest supplier to the US, but ...

 

Having salmon for dinner?  You might want to read this first.

 

‘Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it’ | Chile | The Guardian

 

 

 

 

[Alex]

I also read this today. I promptly sent a message to our local fish and seafood wholesaler; they supply our major supermarkets:

 

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 I have a salmon-related question. I know about Verlasso salmon -- they do a good job of marketing their product -- but I was wondering about the other Chilean salmon you carry. Might you be able to tell me the farm or farms you source them from -- or if not, the name of the company you buy them from? Thank you.

 

Their marketing manager promptly replied: 

 

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Thank you for reaching out to us regarding the Chilean salmon we purchase.  We do purchase from various suppliers, but one that we use quite frequently is the parent company of Verlasso, called AquaChile.  They sell other Chilean salmon that isn't under their Verlasso brand.

 

Here is their website:  https://en.aquachile.com/quienes-somos/

 

I then replied with the URL from the Guardian, and asked: 

 

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Do you have any information about how the non-Verlasso fisheries are managed and what the working conditions are like?

 

That was about 1:30 this afternoon. No response yet. 

[Anchobrie]

I have a research project in Patagonia (in terrestrial agriculture-sheep-pumas) and I have sometimes seen something that if not slavery, was close to...

 

I am not surprise at all that salmon industry is similar. In fact, Norwegians are partially responsible of it when moving their farming operations to Chilean fjords.