1,800 tonnes of mortalities made into fish meal and oil More than 1,800 tonnes of farmed salmon killed by harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Chile have been converted into fish meal and fish oil by a rendering company in Los Lagos region.
Camanchaca harvested 9,163 tonnes in Q1 Chilean salmon farmer Salmones Camanchaca harvested 9,163 tonnes (whole fish equivalent) of Atlantic salmon with an average weight of 4.7 kg wfe, it said in a stock market update today.
5.4m fish moved out of harm's way in Chile Nearly 5.4 million farmed salmonids have been transferred to different sites to safeguard them from harmful algal blooms (HABs) that have now killed 4,244 tonnes of fish spread across 18 farm sites in Chile.
Camanchaca fish death toll rises to 1.3 million Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca has now lost 1.3 million salmon to due a harmful algal bloom (HAB), it said in a market announcement yesterday.
Chilean fish farming pathologist VeHiCe opens Scotland lab The Chilean advanced pathology and histopathology company, Veterinary Histopathology Centre (VeHiCe), has established a laboratory operation in Glasgow to better serve fish farming customers in Scotland and the rest of Europe.
Camanchaca targets 73,000 tonnes by 2025 Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca intends to increase production from an expected 57,000 tonnes (whole fish equivalent) this year to 73,000 tonnes of Atlantic and coho salmon and rainbow trout by 2025.
Camanchaca confident of recovery after $8.8m Q4 operating loss Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca believes a change in consumers’ eating habits will help it make a quick recovery after reporting an operating loss of US $8.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2020.
Multiexport consolidating at 100,000 tonnes a year Cristián Swett, the new chief executive of Chilean salmon farmer Multiexport Foods, aims to maintain a harvest volume of 100,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon for the company, without ruling out continuing to produce coho salmon and rainbow trout.
Salmon farmers in Chilean stock market top 20 Shares in two fish farmers companies have been ranked among the top 20 best-performing stocks of Chilean listed companies in January following a strong recovery in Chilean salmon prices.
More than 400,000 salmonids escaped in Chile last year More than 410,150 fish escaped from Chilean salmon farms last year, almost five times as many as in 2019, when 85,697 salmon escaped, government aquaculture agency Sernapesca has revealed.
Smolt plant arson attack ‘was not about salmon industry’ Salmon farmer Cermaq has expressed its shock after armed raiders entered and set fire to a smolt facility in Chile.
Mass Covid testing at Chilean salmon plants Salmon processing plants in Quellón in Chile are carrying out mass testing of all their workers following an upsurge in Covid-19 infections in the commune.
Chile: Covid shutdown 'could make things worse’ A shutdown of salmon processing plants because of increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the island province of Chiloé in Chile could actually make the situation worse, a salmon farmer has warned.
AquaChile unveils new wellboat Chile’s largest salmon farmer, AquaChile, has signed an exclusive contract with shipping and marine engineering company Detroit to lease a new wellboat that can carry 270 tonnes of live fish.
