ARTICLE BY CRITICA SUR

Salmon Farming Project: Libertarians Want “Tierra del Fuego to Become an Export Powerhouse”

“I want a Beagle Channel free of cages, but I also want Tierra del Fuego to become an export powerhouse, so that all entrepreneurs from the country and abroad see the island as an investment opportunity in sea food, because we will have a unique Aquaculture Law that invites job creation and expands the Province’s productive matrix without neglecting the environment,” expressed Legislator Agustín Coto, adding, “Aquaculture is going to revolutionize Tierra del Fuego.”

The Provincial Aquaculture Production Law project, presented by libertarian legislators Agustín Coto and Natalia Gracianía, has already been submitted and forwarded to Committee 1, chaired by the ruling party’s Federico Greve.

Seeing less salmon on the menu? That’s a good thing

You may have noticed that salmon dishes are becoming less common on local menus. There’s been increasing awareness of the ecological harm being done by Atlantic salmon farms in Tasmania, as more information comes to light about how these industrial farms are polluting waterways in Tasmania and putting vulnerable marine species at risk.

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