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Testing finds 74 Covid cases at AquaChile salmon plants

Testing finds 74 Covid cases at AquaChile salmon plants

Tests on more than 800 workers have revealed 74 cases of Covid-19 among employees at two processing plants run by Chile’s largest salmon farmer, AquaChile, in Quellón in the province of Chiloé.

Mass Covid testing at Chilean salmon plants

Mass Covid testing at Chilean salmon plants

Salmon processing plants in Quellón in Chile are carrying out mass testing of all their workers following an upsurge in Covid-19 infections in the commune.

Chile: Covid shutdown 'could make things worse’

Chile: Covid shutdown 'could make things worse’

A shutdown of salmon processing plants because of increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the island province of Chiloé in Chile could actually make the situation worse, a salmon farmer has warned.

Algae blamed for death of 861,000 salmon in Chile

Algae blamed for death of 861,000 salmon in Chile

A bloom of the toxic microalgae Cochlodinium sp has been confirmed as causing the death of 861,000 coho salmon at a site operated by Chilean farmer Invermar.

Chile: Workers warn of health threat as salmon rot in process plants

Chile: Workers warn of health threat as salmon rot in process plants

Thousands of salmon are rotting in processing plants in the Chilean city of Quellón and fish are dying of starvation in collection centres because roadblocks are preventing feed being delivered.

Shutdown continues at Chile process plants as protesters evict workers

Shutdown continues at Chile process plants as protesters evict workers

Salmon processing plants in the Chilean city of Quellón continued to be shut down today because of countrywide unrest prompted by anger about growing inequality.

Chile: Unrest halts salmon processing in Quellón

Chile: Unrest halts salmon processing in Quellón

Non-violent evictions of workers by protesters and threats of damage to facilities yesterday brought Chilean salmon processing plants to a halt in Quellón, a port city and commune in southern Chiloé Island in the Los Lagos region.

AquaChile processing plant now the world’s biggest

AquaChile processing plant now the world’s biggest

AquaChile has completed the expansion of its Quellón process plant in the Los Lagos region, which has made it the largest and salmon plant in the world with an annual production capacity of 140,000 tonnes.