Global warming and new legislation drive the use of oxygen in salmon production in Chile

Salmon

Seafood

Chile

Regulation & Compliances

Sustainability & Environmental Impact

Published Mar 23, 2024

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Chilean firm Ozxo is utilizing oxygen-based solutions to support salmon farming and clean seabeds, in response to new legislation and environmental changes. This comes after Law No. 21,410 mandated aquaculture concession holders to minimize waste deposits on the seabed. Ozxo's product, IPEROX, injects high concentrations of oxygen into the water to enhance aerobic conditions and prepare the seabed for the next farming cycle. The company serves over 90% of Chile's salmon industry and operates in Canada, Norway, and Ireland.

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In January 2022, Law No. 21,410 was published in the Official Gazette, which requires aquaculture concession holders to take measures to avoid or reduce the deposit of inorganic and organic waste on the seabed. This measure, added to global warming and the weather conditions that cause low oxygen levels in the sea, have promoted the work of companies that, through the use of oxygen, have developed technological solutions, which, from Chile, are exported to other salmon-producing countries. such as Norway, Canada and Ireland. Along these lines, Ozxo, a company with Chilean capital that is dedicated to supporting salmon production through solutions based on the use of oxygen, is one of the companies that was present at AquaSur 2024, the most important aquaculture fair in the southern hemisphere. held in Puerto Montt (Los Lagos region). John Marcus, general manager of Oxzo, pointed out that for three years oxygen requirements have increased, mainly to cover situations in which this ...

Source: Biobiochile