Chile’s new aquaculture chief highlights controls, compliance and closeness The incoming director of Chile’s state aquaculture agency, Sernapesca, has prioritised risk controls, promoting regulatory compliance and closeness with users.
Algal blooms have now killed almost 6,000t of fish in Chile Almost 6,000 tonnes of farmed salmon have now died in Chile because of algal blooms, figures from state aquaculture agency Sernapesca show.
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.
Lawyer takes the helm at Chilean aquaculture service Chile’s state fisheries and aquaculture service, Sernapesca, has a new boss. Jessica Fuentes is the temporary replacement for national director Alicia Gallardo, who has been appointed the country’s undersecretary of fisheries and aquaculture.
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.
Multiexport Foods is first to win ‘antibiotic-free’ approval A salmon farm run by Multiexport Foods has become the first in Chile to be certified free of antibiotic (also known as antimicrobials) by state aquaculture agency Sernapesca.
Chile harvested nearly 1m tonnes of salmonids in 2019 Chilean salmon and trout production reached a record high of almost 1 million tonnes during 2019, according to state aquaculture agency Sernapesca.
Chile: 4.7 million salmon escaped in last 10 years Around 4.7 million fish have escaped from Chilean salmon farms in 73 incidents between 2010 and 2020, according to a report from state aquaculture agency, Sernapesca.
The risks of re-floating sunken Blumar farm Plans to re-float a sunken salmon farm lying nearly 1,000 feet below the surface of the sea are being considered by Chilean authorities, which have warned of potential risks in such an operation.
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 Nova Austral has been fined 150 million pesos (£150,000) after concealing the extent of mortality among its fish.
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 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 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.
