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.

Workers at Chilean salmon producers Yadran and Salmones Austral were today staging a 24-hour strike as part of widespread social unrest in the country, reports Fish Farming Expert’s Chilean sister site, Salmon Expert.