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 | | The intensive monoculture of salmon has seen spectacular growth in Chile between 1987 and 1996, which, in the case of the Atlantic salmon, has meant an increase in the production levels of approximately 1,886 % while, at the same time, worldwide the increase during the same period was 8.2 percent. |
 | | Processes like euthrofication, changes in pH and the alteration of bacterial composition, due to high rates of feces elimination, un-digested food, fish fatality and the incorporation of chemicals in oceans and lakes (such as malachite green, antifouling, etc) are threatening and endangering not only to marine ecosystems but human health. |
 | | This fact clearly shows an industry that lacks ethics, governmental controls and is affecting regional marine and coastal ecosystems through a policy of imposed presence. |
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