We are contacting you regarding our ongoing investigation into aquaculture and the global fishmeal and fish oil industry, which has uncovered an array of industry-wide environmental and human rights concerns. These concerns date from between 2018 and the present, and they pertain to events or conditions on land or at sea. 

Our investigation has found the following with regard to the Austral Group:

1. In March 2021, local authorities, in cooperation with the Ministry of Produce, seized a truck near Planta Ilo believed to belong to the Austral Group. The back of the truck contained illegally pr…

We hope this message finds you well. Please find attached our letter responding to the information request received.

We would like to take this opportunity to note that your original email was sent to a company employee who was on vacation at the time and was only able to forward the message to us after the New Year holidays. Additionally, the other email address to which the request was sent is currently inactive and not monitored.

We remain at your disposal should you require any additional information or clarification, and we will be pleased to assist you.

*The email included two alterna…

Further to our last communication, we have supplemented our response with additional supporting documentation, which we consider important to substantiate the information provided and to ensure a clear and transparent basis for your investigation. As you will note, the materials are quite extensive and are predominantly in spanish.

Given that fisheries regulations in our country are highly technical and not always straightforward, we have also prepared two legal memoranda in english providing a more detailed explanation of the regulatory framework applicable to protected areas, juvenile fishi…