tall ocean temperatures helped cause toxic bloom that has wiped out up to 20% of Chile’s total production for the year A deadly algal bloom has hit the world’s second biggest salmon exporter,Chile, where nearly 23m fish enjoy already died and the economic impact from lost production has soared to $800m (£565m), and industry and government sources told Reuters. The dead fish could easily fill 14 olympic-size swimming pools,said Jose Miguel Burgos, the head of the governments Sernapesca fisheries body. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com