Salmon Farms in Protected Areas

1380

Salmon farming concessions are currently in effect in the regions of Los Lagos, Aysén, and Magallanes.

408

Salmon farming concessions are located within national parks and reserves of Chilean Patagonia (30%).

5

Protected areas at risk: Isla Magdalena National Park, Laguna San Rafael National Park, Alberto de Agostini National Park, Las Guaitecas National Reserve, and Kawésqar National Reserve.

Protected areas were created to be protected!

We need concrete guarantees to ensure their effective care, the fulfillment of their conservation objectives, and respect for the institutions that safeguard them.

See more

Foto: Jonathan Poblete

The Campaign

Salvemos la Patagonia is a campaign led by the Protected Areas Defense Alliance, aiming to remove salmon farming concessions from within national parks and national reserves — without relocation.

Learn more about the campaign

Protected Areas: a contribution to Chile and the world.

see more →

Legal Noncompliance

see more→

The Impact of the Industry en los ecosistemas

see more →

2025

Salmonid harvests in protected areas of Chilean Patagonia: Impacts, actors, and trends

Read in Spanish

Draft in English

2024

Registry of salmon farming concessions located within Protected Areas

Read in Spanish

Read in English

News

[CIPER Chile] A regulatory change allows for increased production at 55 salmon farms at the request of three companies

By Maximiliano Bazán. Published by CIPER Chile, March 15, 2026. Photo by Daniel Casado / Translated with DeepL.com In the following column, the author argues that Australis, Blumar, and Cermaq have made millions of dollars in payments to the former head of the...

[Mongabay] In Chile, salmon farms are reluctant to comply with regulations: they have accumulated 710 complaints and sanctioning proceedings.

Translated from Spanish using DeepL Published on Mongabay.com by Benjamín Bravo, Nicolás Cerpa y Nicolás Sepúlveda, 5 de Marzo 2026. Image: Nicolás Sepúlveda. The databases of regulatory agencies contain hundreds of sanctioning proceedings involving the salmon farming...

Study warns: Salmon farming production grows seven times faster inside protected areas than in the rest of the country

A new investigation by the Salvemos la Patagonia campaign reveals that national parks and reserves in Patagonia—created to conserve unique ecosystems—have instead become key zones for the expansion of the salmon industry. While the Chilean salmon industry as a whole...