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Mussel farming in Chile. Mussel farming is an increasingly popular and profitable form of aquaculture. Fishermen collect the mussels from lines to which dense clusters have attached themselves. The most commonly farmed mussel is the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis.
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Mussel farming in Chile. Chile is one of the most important fisheries in the world, and in addition to line- and-net caught fish such as mackerel and anchovy, fish farming is now increasingly practised. Large clusters of mussels attach themselves to lines, from which the fish farmers collect them.

The cultivation of fish and shellfish for human consumption; see fish farming.



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Volunteering at Mote has helped Becca to zero in on her interests: She's decided that she wants to become an aquaculturist, or a person who raises fish and other sea life.
Aquaculturists there started in the early 1990s with 200 locally caught fish.
xviii) Unfettered by the environmental and labor laws that drive up the cost of US-farmed salmon, Chilean aquaculturists have lately come under fire for killing off predatory sea lions, for failing to deal with food waste and feces, for flooding the waters with antibiotics and for exploitative labor practices.
 
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