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Blumar fish escape total topped 100,000, says Sernapesca

Blumar fish escape total topped 100,000, says Sernapesca

Almost 104,000 Atlantic salmon escaped from two cages at a Chilean farm that was wrecked in stormy weather, government aquaculture agency Sernapesca has estimated.

Chilean salmon farmer fined £150k for hiding fish deaths

Chilean salmon farmer fined £150k for hiding fish deaths

Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral has been fined 150 million pesos (£150,000) after concealing the extent of mortality among its fish.

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Mass escape in Chile as storm wrecks farm

Mass escape in Chile as storm wrecks farm

Chilean salmon farmer Blumar lost nearly 900,000 fish during a storm over the weekend, it has been confirmed.

ISA virus detected at Chilean smolt facility

ISA virus detected at Chilean smolt facility

Chile’s aquaculture authority Sernapesca is investigating positive results for infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAv) at a smolt facility in the Aysén region.

AquaChile probes death of 8,000 fish

AquaChile probes death of 8,000 fish

Chile’s largest salmon farmer, AquaChile, is investigating what casued the cause of the deaths of 8,000 fish with an average weight of 5kg at a farm in the Aysén region.

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.

Rapid response to escape recaptures 20% of fish

Rapid response to escape recaptures 20% of fish

Fishermen working for Chilean salmon farmer Salmones Aysén have helped recover around 5,000 of the 25,000 fish that were discovered to have escaped from a pen on a farm in the Calbuco area on Monday.

Mowi calls for re-count of recaptured salmon after Chile escape

Mowi calls for re-count of recaptured salmon after Chile escape

Mowi has asked Chile’s environment agency, the SMA, to recalculate the number of salmon recovered following a huge escape at one of its farms in July last year.

Mowi Chile escape ‘likely to have damaged environment’

Mowi Chile escape ‘likely to have damaged environment’

The escape of nearly 700,000 salmon from a Mowi farm in Chile last year can be presumed to have caused environmental damage, according to a report by Chile’s Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP).

Chilean farmer facing legal action over mortality figures

Chilean farmer facing legal action over mortality figures

Chilean aquaculture regulator Sernapesca is filing lawsuits against salmon farmer Nova Austral before a civil court, the Superintendency of the Environment and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for “serious irregularities” linked to mortality figures.

Nova Austral ‘antibiotic-free’ status suspended

Nova Austral ‘antibiotic-free’ status suspended

Chile’s fisheries and aquaculture service, Sernapesca, has suspended the “antibiotic-free” certification held by farms belonging to salmon farmer Nova Austral, which is under investigation by the service for allegedly manipulating mortality figures.

Chile: salmon farmer denies under-reporting fish deaths

Chile: salmon farmer denies under-reporting fish deaths

Chilean salmon producer Nova Austral has denied claims by online newspaper El Mostrador (The Counter) that it massaged its figures to conceal mortalities.

Chile: Salmon farmer admits escape of nearly 27,000 fish

Chile: Salmon farmer admits escape of nearly 27,000 fish

The Chilean salmon Ventisqueros has confirmed the escape of nearly 27,000 salmon from a site in Tubildad in the Quemchi district of Chiloe.

Chilean authorities dismiss Marine Harvest fish escape recapture claims

Chilean authorities dismiss Marine Harvest fish escape recapture claims

Marine Harvest is to be reported to Chile’s State Defence Council (CDE) for failing to recapture at least 10% of the 690,000 salmon that escaped from its Punta Redonda site in July.