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The Piney Point

In southern Chile, locals push to protect oceans that have been hurt by intensive salmon farming

In southern Chile, locals push to protect oceans that have been hurt by intensive salmon farming
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Yesica Fabiana Leviñanco steers her small wooden boat while her partner, Paulo Vera Perez, dives into the cold ocean waters off the coast of southern Chile. Within a few hours the couple, both in their mid-40s, has filled the boat with shellfish, sea urchins, mussels and crabs that Leviñanco will...

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