Salmon producers support restriction to roe imports

According to the Chilean newspaper La Tercera, the chairman of the Association of the Chilean Salmon Industry (SalmonChile) César Barros said that "we had been asking for an import regulation since a long time ago. SalmonChile went to every salmon roe export country, performed an audit and only a few [suppliers] were approved".

Cultivos Marinos Chiloe's general manager Ricardo Purcell added that in practice this measure means that salmon eggs might not be imported from Norway or other countries that suffer from PD. "I totally agree with this [decision]. The Government must protect the sanitary status" he stated, adding that there are disease-free countries, such as Iceland.

Likewise, Salmones Friosur vice-president Carlos Vial said that "this is a measure that the Government had pendant" although he warned that Chile have to be wary of doing a wrong restriction that would keep this industry away from the genetic improvements or the international research.