Salmon Farms in Protected Areas

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

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

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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.

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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.

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Protected Areas: a contribution to Chile and the world.

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Legal Noncompliance

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The Impact of the Industry en los ecosistemas

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2025

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

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2024

Registry of salmon farming concessions located within Protected Areas

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News

[Mongabay] Patricio Segura, journalist who defended Patagonia’s rivers, died of hantavirus, aged 54

By Rhett Ayers Butler. Published on Mongabay, 23 Aug 2026 The fight to stop five dams on the Baker and Pascua rivers began in one of Chile’s least populous regions, far from Santiago, where national energy policy was set. HidroAysén said Chile needed the project to...

[Mongabay Latam] Salmon farms in Chile’s protected areas: 30% of their environmental violations occurred in national parks and reserves

By Benjamín Bravo, Nicolás Cerpa & Nicolás Sepúlveda. Mongabay Latam, Apr 16, 2026. Photo by Nicolás Sepúlveda. The Superintendency of the Environment has initiated 70 enforcement proceedings against salmon farming companies for violations committed in protected...

[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...