Salmon of the America's Responds to PEW Environmental Group

MIAMI, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a press release issued by the
PEW Environmental Group on April 23, 2009, the group announced that they have
issued a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning the acting
commissioner of the potential environmental threats related to the discharge
of banned drugs into the marine environment as well as the human health risk
allegedly resulting from the medical treatment of farmed salmon.

Salmon of the Americas (SOTA) is obligated to correct the misleading
statements made by PEW and assure consumers of the safety and significant
nutritional benefits obtained from consuming farmed salmon from Chile.

Medicinal treatments for farmed salmon are only applied when absolutely
necessary to treat the salmon for specific ailments and never as a
preventative treatment. All treatments (the medicine / the dosage / and the
duration) are prescribed, approved and administered to the salmon by and under
the supervision of certified veterinarians. All treatments comply with and are
controlled by the appropriate governmental organizations. A zero tolerance of
antibiotic residue is mandatory in farmed salmon and extended periods of
withdrawal are prescribed and monitored by the Chilean Government fisheries
department (Sernapesca) and the US FDA prior to harvest and entry into the
USA.

For Pew to state that consumers run a health risk by purchasing farmed salmon
as a result of medicinal residue is patently false and irresponsible.

SOTA has repeatedly supported Pew's efforts to have the FDA increase their
testing of imported seafood to ensure the American consumer the absolute
safety of our product.

Recommendations by the American Heart Association and The Institute of
Medicine of the National Academies continues to urge consumers to routinely
include seafood like salmon as part of a healthy diet. Consumers can do so
with absolute confidence in the safety of the product.

We urge food and science editors in North America to contact our trade
association directly in regards to questions about the farmed salmon industry
in Chile.

Salmon of the Americas is a trade association of salmon-producing companies in
Chile, whose mission is to improve health, awareness and dining enjoyment of
consumers in North America by providing timely, complete, accurate and
insightful information about salmon on behalf of its members.

SOURCE Salmon of the Americas

Laura McNaughton, Salmon of the Americas, Inc., +1-305-266-7670