Japan’s tsunami turned Chile’s scallop industry upside down

Posted on May 17, 2011 • Filed under: Business, Chile, Enviromental Issues

The March earthquake off the coast of Japan sparked a tsunami alert for the length of the Chilean coast. The warning was lifted 24 hours later after just a few small waves.
Things were different at Tongoy, about 450km north of Santiago. “What was supposed to be just a ripple was actually a powerful underwater current that turned everything upside down,” says a bitter scallop farmer, Eduardo Briones. Read Article

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