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Published: October 27, 2010
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Empresa Pesquera Apiao’s Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis) farming sites have been audited by an International Certification Body and found compliant with Friend of the Sea sustainability requirements. Based in Chile, Empresa Pesquera Apiao S.A. is part of the group Pesquera Itata y Fondo de Inversión A-5.

Mussels are grown naturally by feeding on plankton carried by the sea. External experts are in charge of cultivating and managing the sowing and collection of the seeds. Over 140,000 mussel collectors are located at Isla Caucahue site in Quemchi, Chiloe and another 140.000 mussel collectors in the Curahue area, Chiloe.

Fourteen companies from six countries in Latin America, have achieved Friend of the Sea certification of 16 different aquatic species, fished and farmed from the Amazon rivers to Patagonia.

source: Friend of the Sea press release

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