Sources

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• Undersecretariat for Fisheries and Aquaculture Government of Chile · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Authority setting closed seasons, quotas and fishery management measures. Seafood season windows must be checked here before publication.

• National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service Government of Chile · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Enforcement, traceability and bivalve shellfish sanitation programmes.

• Agriculture and Livestock Service Government of Chile · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Competent authority for wildlife, management plans and commercial guanaco harvesting.

• National Forestry Corporation CONAF · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Administers Torres del Paine National Park: access, quotas and trail status.

• Fisheries Development Institute IFOP · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Monitoring programmes for benthic fisheries and austral crustaceans.

• Agricultural Research Institute INIA Chile · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Research on native southern berries, including calafate (Berberis microphylla).

• Fungi Foundation Fungi Foundation · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Reference on native Chilean fungi and their fruiting seasons.

• THE WHOLE field survey THE WHOLE of Patagonia · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Direct observation by the editorial team. Always labelled as such and never a substitute for confirmation by the venue.

• Venue statement: Speechless Patagonia Speechless Patagonia · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Information supplied by the venue itself through the partner portal. Published as their statement, not as independent verification.

• Public review platforms Third parties · Consulted August 29, 2026

  Contextual signal, not a source of operational truth. Never used to assert hours, prices or availability.

• FNE complaint over collusion in the Magallanes king crab purchase market National Economic Prosecutor’s Office · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Press release dated 22 September 2025. Supports the number of defendants, their names, the period charged and the fines sought. It is an accusation: it does not establish the conduct.

• Chilean Competition Tribunal Judiciary of Chile · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Tribunal hearing the king crab purchase collusion case. As of the consultation date no ruling is on record.

• Artisanal fishermen join the king crab collusion case La Prensa Austral · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Report dated 18 June 2026. Supports the procedural status of the case and the joining of 91 fishermen as intervening third parties.

• A new king crab season begins in the Magallanes Region National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Note dated 14 July 2026. Supports the 15 July to 15 December harvest window (Decree 229/2025), the 12 cm carapace-length minimum size, the discarding of females and trap-only gear.

• Magallanes: Sernapesca uncovers illegal king crab sales National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Note dated 12 September 2025. Supports the seizure of 388.72 kilos at Bahía Mansa for lack of legal-origin documentation with the season open, and that part of the informally traded king crab comes from females.

• King crab season: Sernapesca steps up enforcement and warns about illegal harvesting and trade Radio Polar · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Interview dated 13 August 2026 with Ximena Gallardo Andrade, Sernapesca regional director. Supports the quote on social media, the 311 tonnes landed and the 250 boats operating.

• Japan and China concentrate sea urchin and Magallanes king crab exports ProChile · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Note dated 5 September 2025. Supports US$23 million exported in the first eight months of 2025, a 30% rise and China as destination of all shipments. It does not report what share of landings is exported.

• The king crab market: questions about a new paradigm La Tercera · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Opinion column dated 31 October 2025 by María Elina Cruz, lawyer. The 95% export figure comes from it and is published as attributed, because the text states neither methodology nor source.

• Google Trends: comparative search interest Google · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Exports consulted on 31 August 2026, twelve-month window, worldwide, web search. It measures relative interest, never absolute volume: a term at zero does not mean zero searches. Used to learn how people ask, never to assert facts about the territory.

• Product listing: Magallanes King Crab Premium Meat 500 g Mariscos De La Concha · Consulted August 31, 2026

  List price published by an online retailer with a declared address in Recoleta, Santiago, consulted on 31 August 2026: CLP 26,850 for 500 g of frozen meat. It is a retail price for one specific format in the capital region, not a market price nor a Magallanes price. The site publishes no company name, tax ID or suppliers.

• Public website of Nuestro Mar SpA Nuestro Mar SpA · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Retailer with shops in Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales. Its public site lists king crab among its products but publishes neither formats nor prices: as of 31 August 2026 these must be asked for in store.

• Vasodilator and cellular antioxidant activity of Patagonian calafate berries Calfío and Huidobro-Toro, Molecules · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Molecules 2019, 24(15):2700. Identifies sixteen anthocyanins and quantifies the three main ones. Cites an ORAC value of 25,662 µmol Trolox equivalents per 100 g fresh weight attributed to Speisky et al., 2012. The work used rats, isolated endothelial cells and concentrated extracts, not fresh fruit in people.

• Magallanes calafate is a top-quality antioxidant El Pingüino · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Report dated 1 February 2017. The 70,000 ORAC figure comes from Daniel Flores, manager of Alimag, a company that buys and trades calafate. The report does not state the basis of the value.

• Claudia Gómez and the Magallanes morel: we could be facing a species unique in the world La Prensa Austral · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Interview dated 19 January 2026 with Claudia Gómez, regional director of INIA Kampenaike. Supports the observed morphological variation, the samples sent for analysis with no result at that date, and the reference prices cited by the interviewee.

• The strange relationship between morels and fires Universidad de Concepción News · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Note dated 6 October 2023. Quotes Dr Ángela Machuca on the post-fire fruiting pattern and Dr Götz Palfner stating that the mechanism is unknown.

• New Morchella species discovered in Chile Cooperativa Ciencia · Consulted August 31, 2026

  Note dated 7 April 2025. Supports the description of Morchella andinensis and Morchella aysenina by Ángela Machuca’s team at the University of Concepción, and the proposal to differentiate the fungus by species and origin.