The health management sessions at GOAL 2011 shared lessons learned from the ways Chile's salmon-farming industry responded to an outbreak of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) that may help prevent similar events in other industries. Speakers agreed thatongoing coordination among producers, scientists, governments and other stakeholders will yield the most effective solutions. At the GOAL event in Santiago, Chile, an expert panel indicated Chile's industry expansion previous to the 2007 outbreak was not accompanied by suitable studies, monitoring and regulations to avoid biological risks. The concentration of farms in some areas led to the rapid spread of the disease.
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