2019-06-282019-06-281978p. 425-430. In: J.W. Avault, Jr (ed.) Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the World Mariculture Society, 3-6 Jan 1978, Atlanta, Georgiahttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/3732The Southern Ocean Salmon project under study by ICLARM and under consideration by Chile has a major element a solmon hatchery tentatively located on the Salto Chico in southern Chile. This discussion, in the form of a progress paper, describe the physical concept on which this hatchery is based and develops a preliminary economic analysis for its operation. This analysis is , of course, very preliminary in nature although much of the cost information is taken frmo recent detailed studies of salmon enhancement in Washington State and Alaska.application/pdfConference Paperhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1978.tb00263.x