Chile

Although lagging behind Norway, research into the use of Pacific cleaner fish species to combat lice issues is showing some promise.

After several years of poor performance the profitability of the Chile’s salmon sector is now catching up with its conterpart in Norway, according to a new analysis by Rabobank.

Vaccines and traditional control methods have failed to stop SRS from threatening Chile’s aquaculture industry. But a research student in Canada might just have found a simple solution to the devastating blight, writes Samantha Andrews.