Improve Profits And Productivity With Meriden
CHILE - Matt Pearce, an aquatic pathobiology specialist with Meriden Animal Health will be speaking at the Aqua Sur conference in Chile at the end of March.

Marine Harvest Chile: Better Results Than Expected
CHILE - Marine Harvest Chile got better economical results in 2009 than expected, resulting in an operational EBIT of NOK 91 million (US$ 15.47 million) and representing...

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...

Plans for Deep Sea Salmon Farms
CHILE - A new system for deep-water salmon farming is to be built off the coast of Chile.

New Salmon Recirculation Hatchery in Chile
CHILE - The Norwegian AKVA group has signed a contract with Sealand Aquaculture S.A. to build a complete new salmon recirculation hatchery in Chile's 10th region....

Invertec Signs Restructuring Deal for USD 153M
CHILE - The Chilean salmon producer company Invertec Pesquera del Mar de Chiloé signed restructuring deal for USD 153 million with a group of 12 banks. This amount...

Biofuel Harvested from Seaweed
CHILE - US company Bio Architecture Lab, which is pioneer in the application of synthetic biology and enzyme design to the development of biofuels and renewable...

Brescia Group Shows Interest in Chile's Salmon Industry
CHILE - Brescia, one of the biggest Peruvian holdings, is looking for new investments in Chile.

Multiexport Plans to Expand Production
CHILE - Salmon producer, Multiexport, has presented the Environmental Impact Declaration (DIA) for a US$ 1.5 million project to enlarge its concessions nearby the...

AquaGen Sees Growth in Chile
CHILE - Norwegian fish breeding company AquaGen is to invest $12 million in a salmon eggs production plant in Ayacara in the 10th Region in Chile.

AquaChile Invests to Promote Chile's Salmon Health
CHILE - AquaChile has announced that it will invest US$ 11 million in a land-based system to produce healthy salmon eggs and fish for the local market to reduce...

Wal-mart Turns its Back on Chile's Virus Hit Salmon
CHILE - It has been reported that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has stopped buying salmon from Chilean aquaculture operations after prevalence...

Cooke Aquaculture Shows Confidence in Chile
CHILE - The executives at Cooke Aquaculture estimates Chile's salmon farming industry will recover from the impact caused by the outbreaks of infectious salmon...

Sustainable Salmon at the Expense of Production
CHILE - Chile's farmed salmon industry must improve its sanitary conditions if it is prepared to be a long-term industry, stated Adolfo Alvial, ex technical manager...

Is There Anarchy at Root of SalmonChile Fire?
CHILE - An anarchist group calling itself “Comando Autónomo Tres de Mayo” (May Third Independent Command) has reportedly claimed responsibility for Monday’s arson...

SalmonChile Office is Firebombed
CHILE - Arsonists attacked the Puerto Montt headquarters of SalmonChile early Monday morning.

Marine Harvest Forecast Five Year ISA Storm
CHILE - It may take the salmon industry four to five years to recover its pre-viral infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) production levels, Marine Harvest Chile General...

New Chilean Oral Vaccine Controls SRS
CHILE - Centrovet Laboratories has obtained provisional registration for a freeze-dried, oral-powder vaccine to aid in the prevention of Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome...

Union Looks to Govt Over Chilean Salmon Crisis
CHILE - Labor leaders met Tuesday with President Michelle Bachelet to express their growing concerns over the wave of layoffs that continues to affect Chile’s...

Another 500 Jobs Lost to Chile's ISA Crisis
CHILE - An expected surge in salmon industry layoffs appears to be taking shape now that southern Chile’s salmon companies – after prematurely harvesting their stocks...

Biomar Nets US$ 20 Million to Keep Afloat
CHILE - Biomar Chile receives an operating capital boost to help the company get through the current sanitary and economic crisis in the nation’s salmon industr...

Chile Salmon Industry Thrives Against Odds
CHILE - By all accounts 2008 was a very difficult year for Chile’s farmed salmon industry. Plagued by disease and pummeled by the press, the industry entered a “crisis”...

Marine Harvest MD Fishes for Shares
CHILE - Alvaro Jimenez, managing director of Marine Harvest Chile, purchased 452 000 shares in Marine Harvest Group ASA at NOK 1.52 per share on the 5th February....

Chile Fights Back for Lucrative Salmon Industry
CHILE - When a devastating virus swept through Chile’s farmed salmon stocks last year, some of the industry’s biggest players laid off thousands of workers, packed...

AquaChile Dive Into $40 Million Recirculation Project
CHILE - Contrary to Marine Harvest Chile’s stance that a complete removal of smolt production in fresh water lakes is too expensive and not a sure cure for controlling...