Already at the beginning of the year, IntraFish had established during a field visit, the presence of jellyfish. But these weren't of any significant size and they weren't present in great quantities.
However, lately these have become a threat for salmon farmers.
Several sources have commented to IntraFish that some fish farms have already been affected, information that now is confirmed by Hans Steffens, the Aquaculture Liquidator Engineer for Juan Pablo Valdivieso and Associates, in charge of attending to close to 60% of the salmon companies insured by a selection of insurance companies.
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Jellyfish attacks in Chiloé cause more salmon deaths
Puerto Montt, Chile: Not only are toxic algal blooms keeping salmon farmers on their toes in Chiloé island in southern Chile: there has also been the strange arrival of numerous jellyfish in the vicinity of fish farms. Specimens of up to one metre in diameter have been sighted. And according to some, jellyfish attacks are an omen of the arrival of El Niño.
8 April 2002 5:04 GMT
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10 July 2012 6:01 GMT