Chile

CHILE - The National Director of Sernapesca, Jos Miguel Burgos, has presented the Marine Centers Health Report, for the first half of 2014. Although the report shows that fish health is under control, a new disease of tr…

CHILE - The Regional Governor Ricardo Bravo, in conjunction with the Regional Director of Sernapesca and other authorities, has met with leaders of Caleta Portales in Valparaiso, to discuss the next hake ban, which prohi…

CHILE - Researchers are working on a vaccine against the bacteria Piscirickettsia salmonis that attacks salmon using wild plants in the Atacama Desert.

CHILE - Cermaq Chile has become the first salmon producer in Chile to achieve certification against the extensive Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Standard for responsible aquaculture.

CHILE - Results of a new study has indicated that in the next five years the Chilean salmon industry will require more than 8,000 new workers in direct and indirect jobs.

CHILE - Students from St Mary University, Chile are working with the antibacterial properties of copper to try and reduce bacteria present in salmon.

CHILE - Five salmon farming companies, in Los Lagos region, Chile, participated in a mutual cooperation project oriented to assess quality parameters in smolt production. The initiative, coordinated by AVS Chile, started…

CHILE - The Company increased its revenues 22 per cent, reaching $111.4 million thanks to higher sales in the salmon business, which grew by 50 per cent, achieving an EBITDA of $11.4 million in the first three months of …

CHILE - The Court of Appeals of Valparaso has refused the application for protection filed by the salmon company Invermar SA.

CHILE - Key Chilean salmon producers, leading Brazilian retailers Walmart, Sams Club, Carrefour and Angeloni, and Gomes da Costa a major canner explored the business value of responsible salmon and the role of ASC certif…

CHILE - Chile once again lands in Brussels to participate in the Seafood Expo, with 21 Chilean companies, producers of salmon, hake and mussels among other fish and crustaceans, in a 384 m2 pavilion. The event takes plac…

CHILE - The Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Raul Sunico, has made a harsh criticism of the salmon company Invertec, who has avoided harvesting cages affected by Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) virus.

CHILE - On 25 April Cermaq Chile acquired two licenses for salmon production in region XII in Chile. The new licenses will increase the production capacity by 4,000 tons per year when fully developed.

CHILE - Dani has been approved as Friend of the Sea certified for Chilean mussels (Mytilis chilensis) farmed by Pesquera Catalunya in Southeast Pacific (FAO area nr. 87).

CHILE - The Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Raul Sunico, has met with fishermen who were affected by the earthquake that hit the north of the country.

CHILE - Camanchaca had an improvement in the fourth quarter of 2013, achieving a profit of $11 million, reversing a loss of $0.5 million in the same period of 2012. Thus, EBITDA without the Fair Value adjustment of the s…

CHILE - Aquachile's CEO Alfonso Mrquez de la Plata Corts has resigned from his post due to personal reasons.

CHILE - The Chilean mussel (Mytilus chilensis) fishery and suspended culture has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable, well-managed fisheries following an independent assessment…

CHILE - SERNAPESCA has increased the level of health and control prevention in the macrozone 3 area of Chilo, Chile, in order to prevent against further Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) outbreaks.

CHILE - No new cases of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) have been detected during an advanced health campaign of farms located within a five mile radius of the latest ISA outbreak.