Chile, Over of more than 4.200 Kms. of Pacific Ocean coastline, has position itself internationally in the fishing medium, thanks to the variety of fish, mollusks, and crustaceans that feed in it´s nourishing waters.

Over the last decade, the fishing industry has not only felf an increasing development, but has also seen outstanding success in the grasping industry of cultivation, such as seaweeds and salmon species, credited to the purity and richness of the waters, as well as factores including; temperature, ph, currents, tides and rain, all of which combine to more the enormous variety of sea-products that are exported from Chile.

The development of the fish activity in Chile began in the 1970, and soon became internationally caracterized in 3 aspects: the fishmeal and oil industry, the cultivation of salmon species, introduced in the 1980, and the exportation of a wide variety of species of high commercial value.

The commitment to export to the principal countries of the world in accordance with the highest levels of quality has urged the incorporation of avanced technologies. From a phase of solely extracting and primary processing the industry has passed to a stage of adding quality to the products, which has made possible that, in the present day an important past of the exportation process is the packaging and freezing of the products.

Today Chile has special place amongst the fishing countries of the world, with virtually 8 million tons of fish brought to shore, representing 6% of the world catch, and 2% of the internal gross generating around 12% of the total national exportations. The industry also has products derived from the Acuiculture, with the salmon species standing out, which have continually increased in value as well as quality. The second largest export is that of fishmeal, followed by the fresh refrigerated products, and finally, the canned products.

	Seaweeds		Crustaceous
	Derivatives		Molluscs
	Fishs