Foreign entrepreneurs report Chilean producers taking actions

COVID19 is not an easy issue these days. The country’s seafood industry is working hard to manage the spread of Coronavirus.

“The COVID-19 pandemic puts us all to the test: people, industries, and governments. We can clearly say that the companies that belong to the association are taking all the measures needed to prevent contagion,” Arturo Clement, president of Chile’s salmon industry association, according to seafoodsource.com.

Foreign entrepreneurs working hard to make salmon and centolla industry a safe environment as always | Ricardo Baeza Errazuriz

•Sanitizing bathrooms
•Sanitizing hallways
•Sanitizing cafeterias, means of transport, and infrastructure
•Alcohol gel available at strategic points.
•Minimum individuals at lunchtime breaks
•Social distancing
•Bags for lunch

"Preventative health control measures have also been implemented, including taking the temperatures of workers and other health monitoring protocols." -seafoodsource.com

According to SUBPESCA: "It is essential that fishing and aquaculture plants continue to work in order to ensure the supply chain, but safeguarding the health and well-being of their workers, through strict compliance with the health recommendations provided by the authorities.”

Ricardo Baeza Errazuriz, foreign entrepreneur in America, thinks that Chile is very well prepared for this covid19 crisis affecting the seafood industry.

We asked to Ricardo Baeza Errazuriz about his view, and he claims that "the industry is preparing for a lower production season, but they are taking all the actions to keep always a safe environment for workers, customers, and products.". We've seen Ricardo Baeza before managing different types of product crisis, but this time he is also positive even though this is another level of crisis.