The industry is currently appealing against the mackerel quotas on the grounds that the limits are forcing processing factories to close. Species for human consumption The most important products in this category are common hake and Austral or Antarctic queen hake, Chilean sea bass and golden kingclip. Crustaceans such as shrimp, king shrimp and king and snow crab are commonly caught, as are other sea products like sea-urchins, Chilean abalone and various species of edible seaweed. Exports were even higher in 1999 reaching 253,000 tons. The principal species harvested are Atlantic and Pacific salmon and rainbow trout.
Chile is currently the largest producer and exporter of trout in the world.
Salmon and trout species represent more than 99 percent of all fish species currently cultivated in Chile, although small amounts of turbot are now being farmed and new species like catfish and sturgeon have been introduced. Chile also cultivates mollusks, principally scallops, mussels and Pacific oysters as well as some edible seaweed. Coloso S.A. Ultramar Agencia Mar tima Ltda. Finning News a free news service provided by Chip News for Finning Chile S.A and its clients. Chip News is responsible for the editorial content of this site.