Chilean Government Unties the Fisheries Law
CHILE - After almost 10 months in the pipeline at Congress, the Chilean Government is trying to unleash the fisheries law by narrowing the labour requirements included...

Chile's Congress Postpones Aquaculture Law
CHILE - A new General Fisheries and Aquaculture Law (LGPA), originally foreseen for this year, has been postponed to 2010, after the presidential election.

Aysen Aquaculture Industry Observatory Launched
CHILE- The Patagonia Ecosystems Research Centre (CIEP) in conjunction with the Programme for Improving Competitiveness (PMC) of the Pure Salmon Cluster Aysen has...

Study to Clarify Presence of PD
CHILE - The Chilean National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) has launched a study at 14 Chilean lakes to investigate Pancreas Disease (PD) in the country.

Chile's Government Will Not Review Concessions
CHILE - The government has refused to review changes to concessions relating to fish farming.

New Measures Monitor Salmon Eggs in Chile
CHILE - Strict control measures monitoring imported salmon eggs to has been announced by the the Directorate of Fisheries (Sernapesca) of Chile.

'Salmon Plan' Falls Short for Chile's Workers
CHILE - Government efforts to help Chile’s growing list of unemployed salmon workers have done little to truly ease the worsening labour crisis, insist several of...

Chile Abuses Antibiotic Use on Salmon Farms
US - Chile used almost 350 times more antibiotics in its farmed salmon in 2008 than Norway, its chief competitor and the largest salmon producer in the world, according...

Chile Establishes Salmon Research Centres
CHILE - The Chilean government plans on establishing three Norwegian research institutes in the country, in an effort to boost the national salmon farming industry....

New Sanitary Rules for Chilean Fish Farms
CHILE - New regulations designed to improve the sanitary conditions for Chilean farmed salmon came into force last week.

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...

Catch to Chile's Salmon Farm Law
CHILE - The Senate’s Fishing Commission is currently reviewing a bill designed to steer Chile’s sinking salmon industry back into clear waters. But while industry...

SalmonChile Warns of Further Woes to Come
CHILE - The new general manager of the Salmon Industry Association AG (SalmonChile), Carlos Odebret, warned that the Chilean salmon industry could find itself...

Scope of Aquaculture Laws Cause Concern Amongst Senators
CHILE - Three Chilean senators expressed their concerns regarding the scope of the new General Fisheries and Aquaculture Law (LGPA), which will be debated by...

New Network Helps Chilean Salmon Workers
CHILE - Today is the official beginning day of the new Salmon Network created by the Chilean Salmon Faming Producers Association (SalmonChile) to help unemployed...

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...

Chile Considers Algae and Bivalves as Alternative
CHILE - Senator Antonio Horvath, president of the Senate's Fisheries Commission, has proposed an alternative outlook on tackling the Chilean salmon farming industry...

Chile Approves ISA Vaccine
CHILE - The Ministry of Agriculture, through the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), last week approved an infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) vaccine...

Stakeholders and Salmon Workers Meet in Chiloe
CHILOE, CHILE - Salmon Table Executive Secretary Felipe Sandoval met with farmed salmon sector workers and union leaders on Saturday in Chiloe to analyse production...

Chilean Salmon Undergo Another FDA Inspection
CHILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is carrying out inspections this of Chilean farmed salmon facilities.

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...

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...

High Prices for Chilean Salmon, but Production Drops
CHILE - With Chile’s farmed salmon production expected to drop between 40 and 50 percent this year, producers here can only hope that the price of the fish – as...

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”...

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...