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Argentina freezes salmon farming plan amid opposition from NGOs, chefs

However, authorities have given the green light to a scallop and mussel farm project poised to be the largest aquaculture development in the country

By Matilde Mereghetti | Oct. 1, 2019 17:09 BST
Francis Mallmann, a chef made famous by a Netflix episode of the Chef's Table in 2015, announced earlier this year on social media that he had removed salmon from his ten restaurants in Argentina, Uruguay and the United States. Photo credit: Wikipedia
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VIGO, Spain -- A plan to develop a salmon farming industry in Argentina's far south, which aspired to emulate the success of its neighbor Chile, the second-largest salmon producer in the world, has been "frozen", Argentina's fisheries undersecretary, Juan Manuel Bosch, told Undercurrent News [...]

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