A group of salmon factory workers staged a protest in Chile's Aysen region earlier this week in anticipation of an upcoming decision on whether to allocate some coastal areas to indigenous communities.

A decision looms for Aysen's salmon industry as the Regional Coastal Edge Use Commission decides the fate of Coastal Marine and Land Spaces (ECMPOs) applications on Feb. 29, Salmon Expert reported. These applications, covering over 620,000 hectares, were submitted under the Lafkenche Law by two indigenous communities for Islas Huichas and Cisnes [...]