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 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...

ISA Introduced in Chile in Mid 1990s
CHILE - ISA may have been lurking in Chilean waters for years, say researchers.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Chile Investigates Mass Escape of Diseased Salmon
CHILE - Chile’s State Defense Council (CDE) is launching an investigation into last month’s large-scale salmon and trout escape in Region X, the daily La Tercera...

Salmon Neighbourhoods Battle ISA in Chile
CHILE - In a joint effort, SalmonChile and the national fisheries service Sernapesca recently defined the organizational structure of 58 "salmon neighbourhoods",...

Salmon Virus to Haunt Chile in Year Ahead
CHILE - Chilean salmon farms face a daunting year ahead as a devastating disease spreads out of control and government funding is cut.

ISA Sinks Salmon Exports in Chile
CHILE - The Chile US$2.2 billion salmon export industry, is at a standstill over the outbreak of the salmon disease, Infectious Salmon Anemia.