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Chilean salmon region counts $90m cost of unrest

Chilean salmon region counts $90m cost of unrest

Salmon export earnings from the Los Lagos region of Chile fell by almost 20% in November due to the interruption of the logistics chain caused by social unrest.

Room in jumbo's trunk: AquaChile charters 747 exclusively for salmon

Room in jumbo's trunk: AquaChile charters 747 exclusively for salmon

Chile’s largest salmon producer, AquaChile, this week chartered a jumbo jet to fly salmon to the United States – the first time that such a large aircraft has been used solely for that purpose.

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Energy switch cuts salmon producer's emissions by 8%

Energy switch cuts salmon producer's emissions by 8%

Major Chilean producer Multiexport Foods said it has become the first salmon farmer in the world to receive renewable energy certification after switching processing plants to green power.

Chile: Researchers seek clarity for GM aquaculture

Chile: Researchers seek clarity for GM aquaculture

Chilean academics say the country’s regulations on genetic engineering and modification must be clarified and improved proactively if aquaculture’s interest in the field is to progress.

Chilean farmers cut antibiotic use in 2019

Chilean farmers cut antibiotic use in 2019

Use of antibiotics by Chile’s salmon farming industry fell 6% to 303.2 tonnes last year, according to government aquaculture organisation Sernapesca.

Chilean divers bid to end salmon farm death toll

Chilean divers bid to end salmon farm death toll

Aquaculture divers in Chile are seeking new laws to give them better protection after “approximately 15” died in accidents at salmon farms last year.

Feed producers facing $70m fine over alleged cartel

Feed producers facing $70m fine over alleged cartel

Chile’s National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) has requested heavy fines for three of four feed companies accused of price-fixing.

Benchmark woos Chile with promise of better salmon

Benchmark woos Chile with promise of better salmon

The Chilean branch of salmon ova supplier Benchmark Genetics has outlined its plans to become a major player in the country.

Unrest dents Chile’s salmonid export earnings

Unrest dents Chile’s salmonid export earnings

The value of salmonid exports from Chile fell 17.8% to US $427 million (£324m) in November amid problems caused by widespread social unrest at rising inequality in the country.

Chile: Locals support salmon industry but want new rules

Chile: Locals support salmon industry but want new rules

Citizens in Chile’s Los Lagos region value the economic importance of the salmon industry but also feel that it should have better operating and regulatory conditions, according to the survey conducted by the University of Los Lagos (ULagos).

Strike brings more disruption to Chilean salmon plants

Strike brings more disruption to Chilean salmon plants

Some salmon processing plants in Chile were closed again earlier this week during a one-day general strike against widening levels of inequality in the country.

Salmon farmers third on Chile prompt payers’ list

Salmon farmers third on Chile prompt payers’ list

Chile’s salmon industry is one of the better sectors for settling bills from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) quickly, according to a ranking by the country’s Products Bag, a South American marketing mechanism for agricultural products and other commodities.

Chile: Workers warn of health threat as salmon rot in process plants

Chile: Workers warn of health threat as salmon rot in process plants

Thousands of salmon are rotting in processing plants in the Chilean city of Quellón and fish are dying of starvation in collection centres because roadblocks are preventing feed being delivered.

AquaChile salmon plant set alight by looters

AquaChile salmon plant set alight by looters

A group of people set fire to part of a salmon processing plant owned by AquaChile and tried to loot it last night after a week in which the industry has increasingly become a target for Chileans angry with growing inequality in the country.

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