Although other aquaculture companies fear the import of genetics and its impact on local health, Lucas Maglio of Idris

A current debate in Patagonian aquaculture revolves around the region's health status, which is practically unique in the world. This generates discord between those who believe it is better to produce less but ensure this differential, and those who consider that, even working at a large scale and with necessary controls, our stronghold is not in danger. In the latter group can be placed Idris Patagonia, the country's largest fish production company, headquartered in the town of Piedra del Águila, on the Limay River basin. With an annual production that promises to reach 10,000 tons of rainbow trout, all destined for export, it is often pointed out because it imports genetics from Norway and awakens the ghost of what once happened to Chile. In its expansion stage, several decades ago, the neighboring country incorporated ova indiscriminately and this brought sanitary complications, condemning them to permanently use antibiotics. But none of that is likely to happen here, assures ...