Relocating to Magallanes proving to be difficult
SalmonChile has made various lobby efforts in Chile’s last frontier to persuade politicians and the public to embrace the idea of an influx of salmon farms in the near future. Jobs and increased economic activity for the Region is the salmon industry’s primary selling point but surprisingly the Undersecretary of Navy, Carolina Echeverría announced that no aquaculture license applications are to be processed for the time being. Not until the zoning of the coastal border is defined and the bio-security plan for aquaculture management is implemented in the Magallanes Region. Neither of these two steps can be completed until the FAO of the United Nations realizes a survey of Chilean Patagonia’s southernmost coastal border to determine its usage priorities. Eugenia Mancilla, Governor of the Magallanes Region stated on the Radio Polar, “We are proud to be the first Region in the nation to develop a truly integral and comprehensive organization of its territory. We are able to count on the committed participation of the tourism board, the local fishing community, the salmon industry and all of the public entities to develop a successful management plan for our coastal border.”
