date:Feb 08, 2013
The national director of the institution, Ana Mara Garay Urrutia, said that although the figures are still preliminary and are in the process of validation, the estimated total harvest will be at least about 1.055 million tons, of which about 804,000 tonnes is for salmonid species. This means an increase in the harvest of these species of about 23 per cent, in comparison with 2011.
Although salmonids saw an increase, it is still lower than the 2010 figure of 39 per cent. This high figure is th