Photos: The environmental hazards of farming fish in a warming world

Additional photos from my reporting trip to Chile that didn’t make it into Patagonian paradise lost? The environmental hazards of farming fish in a warming world. Photo credit: Jessica McKenzie

  • Crew member Evelyn on the Centinela in Dalcahue.
  • Thomas Montt preparing the Centinela in Dalcahue.
  • A compressed cube of dried luche, a kind of edible seaweed.
  • A map of the Los Lagos region.
  • A salmon farm.
  • A salmon farm.
  • Salmon farm through a window on the Centinela.
  • A salmon farm.
  • Salmon farm workers.
  • A boat loaded with bags of fish food.
  • The frame of a new salmon farm ready to be towed out from Quellón.
  • A mussel farm near Quellón.
  • The silhouette of a fishing boat at sunset, with the Corcovado Volcano on the left.
  • The moon over Corcovado Volcano.
  • Corcovado Volcano.
  • A pelican in front of a beach covered in plastic trash.
  • An abandoned salmon farm with pieces falling off into the water.
  • A salmon farm with the corner of the netting that keeps sea lions out pulling away from the corner.
  • A sea lion hanging out near a salmon farm with the protective netting falling off.
  • A salmon farm at sunset.
  • An abandoned salmon farm with lots of trash strewn about.
  • Islote Nihuel
  • A salmon farm
  • A salmon farm covered in tarps
  • Workers at a salmon farm
  • Oxygen tanks on a salmon farm.
  • Salmon farm
  • Salmon farm
  • Salmon farm
  • A beach covered in plastic trash.
  • A salmon farm
  • A trail of scummy water flowing out from a salmon farm.
  • A salmon farm off the island of Caguach, with luga drying on Ana Levañanco’s front yard in the foreground.
  • Plastic waste at the high tide line on the beach on Caguach.
  • Government officials monitor local fishermen unloading shellfish in Dalcahue.
  • Sunset in Chile
  • Gathering at low tide in Dalcahue
  • Pelicans in Chile
  • A salmon farm with a yellow tube moving fish, possibly to give them a chemical bath to treat sea lice.
  • A salmon farm with a yellow tube filled with fish, possibly to give them a chemical bath to treat sea lice.
  • A salmon farm in Comau Fjord.
  • Night lights at an inactive salmon farm (foreground) and an active salmon farm (hazy light in background) in Comau Fjord.
  • A sailboat and ferry in Comau Fjord
  • A salmon pen collapsing into the water in Puerto Montt.
  • Long lines of bags of salmon food ready to be transported to salmon farms in Puerto Montt.
  • Boats loaded with salmon food bags in Puerto Montt.
  • A boat probably being loaded with juvenile salmon to be transported out to a farm.