Abstract

In the last 20 years, the exploitation of merluza austral and subsequently the expansion of the salmon farming industry have had a significant impact on the coasts of the islands in Chilean south. Below we effect a critical examination of the second of these cases, considering the role played by the communities directly affected by this process. The text constitutes not only a critique of the fragmentary efficiency of the salmon project on a large scale, but specifically poses questions from the viewpoint of economical anthropology based on the local culture.