Chile Vaccinates Salmon Against Deadly Virus
Here's the numbers:
"We hope to vaccinate between 10 and 12 million fish over the next six months, Alejandro Pino, a manager at the Recalcine pharmaceutical company which manufactures the drug, told AFP.
He said the vaccination programme, along with stepped up oversight of fisheries, was needed to save the once-thriving salmon industry, a source of millions of dollars each year in revenue.
Now, I wondered, is that feasible? So I looked up a fish vaccination company:
Eurofish Fish Vaccination Services
and they say, regarding how fast they can do this:
"Eurofish normally attend sites as a team of between 4 and 6 operatives, each capable of vaccinating 2000 fish per hour, giving an optimum capacity of 120,000 fish per day for a normal working day of 12 hours. Teams can be tailored to meet clients’ requirements - the company can, for example, provide the service of anaesthetising the fish, in which case a team of up to 7 personnel could attend the site."
OK, so 10 million/120,000 fish vaccinated per day = 83 days. 83/5 = 16.6. So at optimum speed, they could get this done in a little over four months.
Count me impressed. I'd like to see a video of how each operative vaccinates 2000 fish an hour, which is a remarkable 33 fish stuck a minute. I can barely eat 33 potato chips a minute.
Here's what the job looks like:
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