Chilean tainted salmon could be resold
CHILE - A cargo of farmed Chilean salmon tainted with a potentially harmful toxin and rejected for import in Europe has returned to Chile and could be re-exported to a country with less stringent laws, consumer and environmental groups warned.

Test feeding Chilean abalone with kelp
CHILE - Findings related to innovations in algae farming and subsequent impact on breeding invertebrate herbivores mainly abalone, were presented last August 19 in Puerto Montt during the conference on “Macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) farming in Chile”, sponsored...

Sea farming boom
CHILE - I&J, a division of AVI, recently invested in a joint venture with a Chilean technology-based company to farm red abalone in Chile. It is hoped that annual production will reach 147 tons within 3 years. I&J expects to invest some $2-m in the project...

Chile creates four new regional research centres
CHILE - Chile has announced that it is creating four new research institutes around the country as an extension of its efforts to boost research and innovation in its less developed regions.

U.S.-Chile fisheries talks to be held in capital city
CHILE - Representatives of the Chilean government will be in Juneau at the end of July for fishing talks with U.S. officials. Federal fisheries officials conduct bilateral meetings with Chile and other fishing nations such as Iceland, Japan, Canada and...

Envisat fishes up facts behind upwellings
CHILE - This part of the Chilean coast, like most western continental coasts, is subject to upwellings – cold, nutrient-rich waters rise from the oceans depths as prevailing winds blow warmer surface waters away. The phenomenon supports rich fisherie...