Key Facts
—The package. Producers back four regulatory changes inside President José Antonio Kast’s national recovery bill, now entering Congress.
—The prize. The Consejo del Salmón estimates the changes could add $260m to $520m a year in exports, with output rising 4% to 8%.
—No new sea. The gains would come from “micro-relocations” inside existing concessions, not from opening new maritime areas.
—Stuck permits. Roughly 30% of farms between Los Lagos and Magallanes are caught in permitting delays, the fisheries regulator says.
