Patagonian

The farms stretch from the Biobío region, which is around 500km south of Santiago, right down to the Magallanes region in the far Patagonian south of the country, and more than 2,000km away from the capital.

As far as he knows, there are only two Australian companies which catch and export Patagonian toothfish and mackerel icefish.

The Venezuelan kayaker had been paddling through the Strait of Magellan, off Chile's Patagonian coast, with his father when he felt something "hit me from behind, closing in on me and sinking me".

For instance, he uncovered specimens which were different, but related to, the living Patagonian mara, a sort of rabbit-like creature.

The park covers an area of almost 260,000 hectares and is considered key for the protection of the Patagonian Forest.