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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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",...

Chilean Salmon Escapes: Oceana Size Up the Problem
CHILE - Expressing its concern, Oceana recently requested information from the Chilean Government regarding the size and health implications of salmon escapes...