Salmon farms in protected areas
1380
salmon farming concessions are in force in the regions of Los Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes.
408
salmon farming concessions are located within national parks and reserves in Chilean Patagonia (30%)
5
protected areas at risk: Magdalena Island NP, Laguna San Rafael NP, Alberto de Agostini NP, Las Guaitecas NR and Kawésqar NR.
Protected areas were created to be protected!
We need concrete guarantees to ensure their effective care, the fulfillment of their conservation objectives and respect for the institutions that protect them.
Photo: Jonathan Poblete
The campaign
Save Patagonia is a campaign promoted by the Alliance for the Defense of Protected Areas, which seeks to remove salmon farming concessions within national parks and national reserves, without relocation.
Protected areas: a contribution for Chile and the world.
Legal noncompliance
The impact of industry on ecosystems
NEW PUBLICATION
Register of salmon farming concessions located within Protected Areas
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[Ciper] The persistent circumvention of the Environmental Law by salmon farms that the government agreed to relocate
By: Maximiliano Bazán (Read news in Ciper) Last December, with great fanfare, the Chilean government announced an agreement with the companies Aquachile and Cooke Aquaculture to relocate nine salmon farming concessions outside of the marine portions of the...
