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AquaChile unveils new wellboat

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.

Sustainable salmon farmers are a safe bet for bank

Sustainable salmon farmers are a safe bet for bank

Advances in sustainability made by salmon producers in Chile have opened the door to new finance for the country’s fish farmers, according to a bank executive involved in issuing so-called “green loans”.

Chilean operator orders new wellboat from Norway

Chilean operator orders new wellboat from Norway

Wellboat operator Naviera Orca Chile has ordered a new vessel from Norwegian boatbuilder Larsnes Mek Verksted, to be delivered at the end of next year.

Sounding out the best smolts with ultrasonography

Sounding out the best smolts with ultrasonography

A company that uses ultrasonography to sex salmon and detect symptoms associated with disease is now using the technology to develop a performance index to identify productively superior fish.

Low salmon prices send Chilean farmers into the red

Low salmon prices send Chilean farmers into the red

Two Chilean salmon farmers have recorded losses for the third quarter of 2020 because of low prices caused by Covid-19’s impact on markets.

Oxygen 'normal' at sunken fish farm site, says Blumar

Oxygen 'normal' at sunken fish farm site, says Blumar

Dissolved oxygen and oxygen saturation near the seabed of the site where a Chilean salmon farm sank remain at normal levels, monitoring carried out for the farm’s owner shows.

Chile budgets for enhanced salmon inspection regime

Chile budgets for enhanced salmon inspection regime

Chile’s government aquaculture agency, Sernapesca, has been given an increased budget of almost 33.2 billion pesos (£32.8 million) for 2021, enabling it to enhance salmon farm inspections.

Breathable skirt ‘cut lice by 60%' at Mowi site

Breathable skirt ‘cut lice by 60%' at Mowi site

A new model of lice skirt trialled at a Mowi Chile salmon farm reduced the number of parasites by between 55-60% and halved the bath treatments required in a 13-month production cycle.

Solid quarter for AKVA

Solid quarter for AKVA

International aquaculture supplier AKVA group brought in more revenue in the third quarter of this year than in the same period in 2019 but was slightly less profitable.

A quarter to forget for Mowi Scotland

A quarter to forget for Mowi Scotland

Mowi Scotland’s operating profit dropped by nearly 80% in the third quarter of this year due to low prices caused by Covid-19, lower harvest volumes and increased costs resulting from challenging biology, the company said in its third-quarter report today.

Covid issues push Chilean salmon to record weight

Covid issues push Chilean salmon to record weight

The average weight of salmon harvested in Chile during September was a record 5.92 kilos (gutted weight equivalent), industry statistics provider Aquabench has revealed.

First Magallanes harvest for AquaChile

First Magallanes harvest for AquaChile

Salmon farming giant AquaChile has carried out its first harvest of salmon from the Magallanes region, in the extreme south of southern Patagonia.

Fish doing well in Chilean submersible cage, says project chief

Fish doing well in Chilean submersible cage, says project chief

Salmon being grown in a prototype submersible cage in Chile are performing better than in a normal cage nearby, the director of the initiative has said.

Shining a light on photoperiod

Shining a light on photoperiod

A highly experienced panel including Pure Salmon production manager David Cahill and Steve Summerfelt, chief science officer for aquaponic salmon and salad farmer Superior Fresh, will take part in a free webinar on lighting use in net pens and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) later this month.

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