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Australis accused of 76% overproduction at site in protected area

Australis accused of 76% overproduction at site in protected area

Chile’s environment watchdog has initiated a sanctioning process against salmon farmer Australis Seafoods for allegedly exceeding its production limit by 76% at a farm site in an environmentally protected area. It is the sixth case the watchdog has raised against Australis and the fourth related to overproduction.

Former Multi X boss Lyon named as new Australis chief

Former Multi X boss Lyon named as new Australis chief

Chilean salmon farmer Australis Seafoods has appointed experienced aquaculture executive Andrés Lyon as its new corporate general manager.

OTAQ sets the ball rolling for Sensor Globe in UK and Chile

OTAQ sets the ball rolling for Sensor Globe in UK and Chile

UK marine technology company OTAQ has announced a multi-year distribution agreement for the Canadian-developed Sensor Globe data collection device. It follows completion of a successful development period leading to OTAQ’s first Sensor Globe customer in Chile.

Chile plans different rules for salmon farms in protected areas

Chile plans different rules for salmon farms in protected areas

Chile is to apply different regulations to salmon farms in protected areas as part of an attempt to encourage them to relocate, the country’s Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Julio Salas, has said.

Chilean president promises ‘world-class’ salmon farming regulation

Chilean president promises ‘world-class’ salmon farming regulation

Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, has told the country’s parliament that fish farming must become more sustainable, but also that farming companies must have legal certainty for their investments.

Chilean indigenous groups bid to evict salmon farms

Chilean indigenous groups bid to evict salmon farms

Indigenous communities in the Magallanes region of southern Chile are to ask the government to convert a marine reserve into a national park as a means of excluding salmon farms from the area.

Prices give Camanchaca breathing space despite low oxygen problems

Prices give Camanchaca breathing space despite low oxygen problems

Record-high prices helped Chilean fish farmer Salmones Camanchaca make a first-quarter operating profit of US $3.7 million this year.

Impressive results for ‘helix’ delousing vessel in Chile

Impressive results for ‘helix’ delousing vessel in Chile

A novel method of removing lice from farmed salmon has been shown to eliminate more than 97% of adult stages of the Chilean louse, Caligus rogercresseyi, when tested with salmon farmer Salmones Camanchaca.

Flagship feed barge for Chilean salmon farmer

Flagship feed barge for Chilean salmon farmer

Salmones Camanchaca has inaugurated a new hybrid-power feed barge. The steel hulled Camanchaca XXX is the most advanced and innovative barge in the company’s fleet, with accommodation for up to 20 people and a capacity for 400 tonnes of feed.

Chilean salmonid export earnings up 26.1% in Q1

Chilean salmonid export earnings up 26.1% in Q1

Salmonids were Chile’s top earning non-copper export product in the first quarter of this year, worth US $1.686 billion, according to figures from the National Customs Service.

Next-generation vaccine required to beat SRS, says Pathovet chief

Next-generation vaccine required to beat SRS, says Pathovet chief

The strategy to develop effective vaccines against the bacterium Piscirickettsia salmonis, which causes salmon rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) must change, according to the chief executive of Chile-based international fish health services company Pathovet.

Cargill investment ‘a decisive step’ for Chilean salmon farmer Multi X

Cargill investment ‘a decisive step’ for Chilean salmon farmer Multi X

US feed giant Cargill’s purchase of a 24.5% stake in Chilean salmon producer Multi X is a “strategic and decisive step” in the next stage of development of the fish farmer, according to José Ramón Gutiérrez, president of Multi X parent company Multiexport Foods.

Chile’s salmon heavyweights gave work to nearly 20,000 in Q4 last year

Chile’s salmon heavyweights gave work to nearly 20,000 in Q4 last year

Five salmon farmers that represent just over half of the industry’s production in Chile directly or indirectly employed an average of 19,791 people in the last three months of 2021, according to a new report.

Rules and logistics ‘hindering algal bloom response in Chile’

Rules and logistics ‘hindering algal bloom response in Chile’

Regulatory restrictions and important logistical limitations are hampering Chilean salmon farmers in their efforts to effectively deal with high-intensity harmful algal blooms (HABs), a study has concluded.

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