Sernapesca Increases Measures To Protect Salmon
CHILE - The Chilean fisheries body, Sernapesca has tightened up the rules for importing salmon eggs in measures to protect salmon.

Environmental Scandal in Chile
CHILE - Scientists claim to have discovered the unknown impacts of Chilean salmon farms on coastal ecosystem.

Increased Expected Sowings in Multiexport
CHILE - Following improved production indicators and lower mortality rates due to implementation of a new production model, Multiexport forecasts a strong rise in...

New Bacterium Identified In Atlantic Salmon
CHILE - Researchers have isolated a new bacterium – for which they propose the name, Chryseobacterium chaponense sp. nov. – from Atlantic salmon in Lake...

Salmones Multiexport Turns a Corner
CHILE - Multiexport Foods’ subsidiary Salmones Multiexport achieved an EBIT of $1.9 million and EBITDA of $ 3.6 million, in the first quarter 2010 - the...

Salmon Dialogue To Meet In Chile
CHILE - The next Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue will be held on May 12-13 in Puerto Montt, Chile.

Humbolt Will Take Up Production Again
CHILE - The local producer company Salmones Humboldt -subsidiary of the major fishing player Pesquera Coloso- will take up their salmon production again after a...

Chile Reports No New ISA Cases
CHILE - Chile's National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) latest update on the ISA virus situation shows no outbreaks for third week in a row.

ISA Vaccine Approved In Chile
NORWAY/ CHILE - PHARMAQ’s vaccine ALPHA JECT® micro 1 ISA received a provisional marketing authorisation from the Chilean authorities Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero...

Challenges To Chile's New Fishing Law
CHILE - Salmon industry leaders last week expressed their disappointment with 34 legislators who are challenging the newly passed "Ley de Pesca" (Fishing Law) in...

Salmon Meeting Rescheduled For May
CHILE - After being postponed due to the earthquake and tsunami that recently affected the country, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has announced new dates for the...

New Regulations To Increase Costs
CHILE - According to the chairman of SalmonChile, César Barros, the recently approved General Law on Fisheries and Regulation (LGPA) implies modifications that require...

Prevention And Punishment Of Salmon Escapes
Chile - The modification of the General Law of Fisheries and Aquaculture last week aims to prevent and sanction salmon escapes, one of the most serious problems...

Quake Affects Small Scale Fishermen And Transport
CHILE - An estimated 1,000 boats close to the shore were destroyed by the earthquake last weekend.

Salmon Farmers Assess Earthquake Damage
CHILE - Aquaculture companies with operations in Chile are reporting minimal or no damage after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake left more than 700 people dead.

Norway Threatens Chile Export Market
CHILE - As of November 2009 Norway filled in for 56.7 per cent of the Chilean salmon exports to US, the second largest market for the local producers after Japan....

Salmon Exports Fall
CHILE - Salmon exports reached US$ 2,029.5 million in 2009 representing a 12.59 per cent decrease compared to US$ 2,322 million exported in the previous year.

Chile Aim To Recapture US Market
CHILE - Although Norweigan salmon exports tripled last year, SalmonChile President Cesar Barros said that Chile will compete and will assert its position as the...

New Regulation to Increase Concessions’ Value
CHILE - The price of concessions are expected to rise when the General Law on Fisheries and Aquaclture becomes law, whether they are indefinite or limited to a 25...

Salmon Exports Exceeded US$ 2.2 Billion In 2009
CHILE - The Chilean salmon industry exported US$ 2,209 million in 2009 representing a 19.76 per cent decrease compared with the US$ 2,753 million exported in the...

Salmon Industry Will Face Hard Times
CHILE - After meeting with the Governor of Aysen, the President of Friosur, Jose Luis del Rio gave a pessimistic review of the salmon industry.

Industrial Production Down 6.7 Per Cent in 2009
CHILE - The Chilean salmon sector has marked a 6.7 per cent decline in production in 2009.

Copper Cages Could Reduce CO2 Emissions
CHILE - The use of copper mesh in salmon farms is not only a mechanism against bacteria and fish diseases, but also reduces the generation of carbon for every kilo...

Salmon Harvests Fall
CHILE - Chilean salmonids harvests totalised 354,200 tonnes as of November 2009 representing a downfall of 35.2 per cent compared with the same period of 2008 according...

Marine Harvest Will Double Its Smolts Seeding
CHILE - Chile’s salmon industry - devastated by the Infectious Salmon Anemia disease (ISA) -is finally starting to recover, says Norwegian-owned Marine Harvest Chile...