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Indice ProChile.......................................................................................3 Seaweed-Herbamar.....................................................................5 Extraction and Cultivation.........................................................7 Harvested Seaweed.....................................................................9 Export Information..................................................................16 Consumption.............................................................................19 Products made with Seaweed..................................................20 Cochayuyo Route......................................................................23
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ProChile Thanks to ProChile for giving us the opportunity of this space where we can show our products abroad and thus be able to reach more people. ProChile is an institution with 46 years of life, it is the Service in charge of promoting the exportable offer of Chilean goods and services, and of contributing to the development of the country, through the internationalization of Chilean companies, as well as the promotion of the image country, foreign investment and tourism. It works hand in hand with exporting companies through various instruments in order to strengthen its export capacity, aiming at a growth in its international presence.
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SEAWEED-HERBAMAR One of the Bío Bío seaweed exporting SMEs belongs to businessman Juan Francisco Aldunce, whose company Seaweed - Herbamar produces seaweed noodles, which is extruded and then dehydrated cochayuyo, which is sent mainly to China. The plant is located in Hualqui and employs about 60 people.
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Antofagasta
Atacama
Coquimbo
Bio-Bio
Chiloe
THE BASICS OF EXTRACTION AND CULTIVATION They are unicellular or multicellular plant organisms that live in the aquatic environment and are capable of oxygenic photosynthesis and obtain organic carbon with the energy of sunlight. Algae make a significant contribution of oxygen to the environment and the most important and well-known groups are: green algae; red algae and brown or brown algae. Its exploitation is registered mainly through the collection of shoreline and its extraction is controlled by the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, in terms of the extraction quotas established and the respect of the ban periods implemented, in order to achieve a sustainable administration of this resource.
The geographic spaces for the implementation of macroalgae aquaculture in Chile are those assigned to artisanal fishermen through the AMERB regime (potentially 50,000 hectares) and CCAA aquaculture concessions (approximately 1,800 hectares exclusively destined to algae).
If they are harvested in accordance with good practices, the meadows have a great capacity for renewal; but the degree of conservation of the species today is uncertain and variable, according to the zones. They are normally grown in hatcheries in treated natural seawater enriched with additional nutrients such as nitrates, phosphates, essential trace elements, vitamins and carbon dioxide as a carbon source.
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HARVESTED SEAWEED
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Antofagasta
Ahnfeltia (Ahnfeltia Durvillaei) They are highly branched plants that grow in dense tufted masses, dark red to brown in color. Erect, rigid, wire-like stems with numerous cylindrical to slightly compressed branches arising from cylindrical rhizomes. Branches repeatedly dichotomous or irregularly branched, rigid. Medulla, in part, of longitudinal, parallel, narrow filaments. Outer cortex with tight rows of cells arranged radially.
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Antofagasta
Tierra Del Fuego
Carola (Genus Callophyllis) Corresponds to red algae belonging to the Rhodophyta division. Grows attached to rocks, in semi-exposed or protected habitats, between 0 and 15 m deep. This species forms small subtidal meadows with biomass that fluctuates throughout the year, with a greater quantity being found in the spring and summer months. Its morphology is variable, with fronds of deep red color, of membranous consistency and variable size, up to 40 cm high. They have abundant ramifications and profusely dissected apices; irregular edges and with lateral proliferations that, when growing, divide like the largest segments of the frond. In addition, their reproductive structures are prominent and are located on the frond margins.
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Chondrus (Canaliculatus) It is thick lamellar thallus up to 14 cm high, purplish-red in color, divided dichotomously, although proliferations from the margins may somewhat obscure this branching pattern. The segments are fastigiate, the widest are clearly canaliculate or weakly concave - convex. In the places where dichotomies originate, they can measure 2 cm wide and 1 mm thick. They narrow towards the most basal portion where they end in a cylindrical stipe. It is common to find cystocarpic plants, in which case the cystocarps appear as small warts on the convex side of the frond.
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Red Gelidium (Montagne, Montalva or Chasca)
Santelices,
They are Algae of deep red color, up to 5 cm high. Fixed to the substrate by trailing axes provided with stolons. From there, flattened axes are born like leaves, with a lanceolate shape and broad, rounded apices.
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Chicoria (Chondracanthus Chamissoi) Usually is found between 0 and 15 m deep, grows on hard substrate, in sectors protected from the waves and reaches a maximum size of 15 cm in summer. Its consistency is fleshy, the fronds are narrow, they are born from a small basal disk, the thalli are dichotomously branched, a central axis is distinguished with numerous spine-shaped proliferations and their maximum size is 15 cm. A particular aspect of this species is that it grows on the bolones generating small stolons or secondary attachment points which allow the formation of new thalli that can be independent individuals.
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Cabo de Hornos
Cochayuyo (Antarctic Durvillaea) It is found in the intertidal zone from 0.5 m to 1.5 m deep. Cochayuyo plants are large, can reach up to 15 m in length, brown to greenish-brown in color, the surface is smooth and presents a soft consistency, elastic in the blades, while the basal part is soft and smooth is meaty and harder in consistency. It has a fixation disc with a thick stipe that ends in numerous thick and long blades.
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EXPORT TO 19 COUNTRIES MAIN BUYER IS CHINA WITH $43 MILLION BUY IN SEAWEED EXPORT OF $64 IN 2020
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IN WHAT IS CONSUMED OR HOW TO DO IT The Regional Director of ProChile in Bío Bío, Paula Hormazábal, explained that algae are an essential part of the diet of many Asian countries, especially China, Japan and South Korea, where they are consumed daily in numerous preparations, from appetizers, soups, in sushi and agar-agar in jellies and desserts.
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PRODUCTS MADE WITH SEAWEED
AGAR AGAR POWDERED
Red Gelidium | Seaweed Herbamar Lavoratory
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CARRAGENINA POWDERED
Chicoria | Seaweed Herbamar Lavoratory
EYE PATCHES
Chondrus | Seaweed Herbamar Lavoratory
FACIAL SERUM
Ahnfeltia | Seaweed Herbamar Lavoratory
SHAMPOO
Carola | Seaweed Herbamar Lavoratory
SNACKS
Cochayuyo | Seaweed Herbamar Lavoratory
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COCHAYUYO ROUTE THE LEGACY OF A CULTURE In a historic moment for Chilean intangible culture, 40 Cochayuyeros arrived from Temuco to the Araucanía Pavilion so that institutions recognize their ancestral work as part of the cultural heritage present in Bio-Bio regions such as Araucanía.
Temuco
20.000 KILOMETRES TO THE SOUTH
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