Feat of clay: Puerto Montt mayor Rodrigo Wainraihgt, left, and Norway's ambassador to Chile, Per Anders Nilsen, with a cast of the Monte Verde footprint.

Footprint from past marks step forward for salmon ‘sister cities’ plan

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The mayor of Chile’s ‘salmon capital’ of Puerto Montt has met with the Norwegian ambassador to Chile to discuss the possibility of establishing a sister city agreement with Trondheim, Fish Farming Expert’s Chilean sister site, Salmonexpert.cl, reports.

Trondheim also has strong links to the salmon sector and is home to the world’s biggest aquaculture trade show, Aqua Nor.

Puerto Montt mayor Rodrigo Wainraihgt said on social media that “we met with the Norwegian ambassador to Chile, Per Anders Nilsen, with whom we had a cordial conversation about our Salmon Plan 2050 and how to move forward to strengthen this industry in Puerto Montt and the southern region”.

He added: “We are exploring the possibility of establishing a sister city agreement with Trondheim, Norway’s gastronomic hub.”

As a memento, he presented Nilsen with a cast of footprint discovered at Monte Verde, a Paleolithic archaeological site near Puerto Montt in 1975. The site is believed to be more 16,000 years old.

The Salmon Plan 2050 seeks to establish itself as a roadmap for the sustainable development of salmon farming, incorporating concrete proposals, with the aim of ensuring a fairer, more efficient and sustainable industry.

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