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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).

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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.

Marine Harvest claims 27% recapture after mass escape

Marine Harvest claims 27% recapture after mass escape

Marine Harvest has declared that 27.23% of the salmon that escaped from one of its farms in Chile during storms in July have been recaptured.

Marine Harvest could face £6.2m fine for Chile escape

Marine Harvest could face £6.2m fine for Chile escape

Marine Harvest Chile is facing a fine of up to 5.6 billion pesos (£6.2 million) and a possible ban on farming fish at its Punto Redonda farm following a cage failure and mass escape on July 5.

Chilean salmon farming under spotlight after fish escape

Chilean salmon farming under spotlight after fish escape

Alicia Gallardo, the director of Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, Sernapesca, has said the country’s entire salmon farming sector is now under the spotlight following the escape of 690,000 fish from a Marine Harvest farm on July 5.

ISA detected in Chile

ISA detected in Chile

The pathogenic strain of ISA has been confirmed at a site operated by Aquachile in the Aysén region.