According to the organization, AquaSur generates more than 3,000 jobs and more than US$9 million of direct impact.

With the participation of local, national and foreign authorities, along with representatives of the Chilean and world industry, during the midday of this Wednesday 2 March, the XI edition of the AquaSur International Fair began in the city of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos region, Chile, which this time brings together exhibitors from the aquaculture and fishing of 35 countries.

At the opening session, the words of the Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Chile, Alicia Gallardo; the General Manager of Fisa, Francisco Sotomayor; as well as the participation of the sectors Chilean Salmon Council, the Chilean Salmon Industry Association A.G. (SalmonChile), the Magallanes Salmon Farmers Association, the Chilean Mussel Farmers Association A.G. (AmiChile), among others.

In his speech, the representative of Fisa, the company organizing the event, stated: "We hope to continue contributing as a meeting point to support the national economy. In economic reactivation, AquaSur generates more than 3,000 jobs and more than $9 million dollars of direct impact in the region."

In turn, the director of the Chilean Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat (Subpesca) emphasized that "it is very important to communicate the advances in technology, regulation, innovation and consumption of our aquaculture products and to address the challenges that the industry faces."

In turn, Alicia Gallardo emphasized the need to promote small-scale aquaculture (APE) and to advance in cultivation projects such as that of the red sea bream.

To close her intervention, the state authority highlighted the importance of AquaSur as one of the main meeting points for the aquaculture sector in the world, "and an opportunity for the industry to continue advancing towards sustainability."

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*Photo credit: Partnerfish.

First day of AquaSur 2022, Puerto Montt, Chile (photo credits: Partnerfish).