Christian Molinari

Ecuador exported less shrimp by both volume and value year over year in 2024, with big decreases seen in shipments to China.

Ecuador exported 2.67 billion pounds of farmed shrimp in 2024, bringing in USD 6.07 billion (EUR 5.79 billion), representing decreases of 0.2 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively, when compared to 2023, according to figures from Ecuador’s National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA).

Ecuadorian shrimp shipments to China, the

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Durán, Ecuador-headquartered shrimp processor and exporter Empacreci is evaluating whether to pursue the export of live shrimp in an attempt to further penetrate the U.S. market, Empacreci Packaging Manager Daniel Crespo told SeafoodSource.

“Our main market is Europe, but the United States has a strong representation of our exports as well, making up about 30 percent,” he said.

Empacreci has made several moves over the past

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A major power outage hit Chile at 3:16 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 February, affecting the entire nation.

While most of the power had been restored by midnight, the event raised concern in the country’s salmon-farming industry.

Chile’s National Electricity Coordinator (CEN) reported that the electric supply interruption was caused by a disconnection of the transmission system in the north of the country, affecting areas from the northernmost

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A slew of court rulings in Chile have upheld auditing efforts by the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) to ensure that the nation’s salmon-farming firms toe the line when it comes to environmental sustainability.

Recently, the Court of Appeals of Puerto Montt ratified a court ruling ordering farming firm Aquacultivos to pay a fine equivalent to CLP 54 million (USD 56,800, EUR 54,700) for failure to maintain the

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The Chilean Salmon Council was established in 2020, joining two other salmon associations – SalmonChile and the Magallanes Salmon Farmers Association – in representing the interests of Chile’s second-largest export industry.

The council’s members – AquaChile, Australis, Cermaq, Mowi, and Salmones Aysén – collectively represent more than half of salmon production in Chile. 

SeafoodSource spoke with

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Chilean authorities have fined Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi CLP 7.2 billion (USD 7.5 million, EUR 7.2 million) for a salmon escape incident in 2018, at the same time the company is dealing with a recent escape in Norway. 

Mowi first reported an escape incident on 9 February after finding damage to a cage at its Storvika Vest facility in the Dyrøy municipality. According to Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries, the company

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Puerto Natales, Chile-headquartered salmon-farming firm AquaChile brought in net profits of USD 135 million (EUR 131 million) in 2024, surging 229 percent from 2023’s total of USD 41 million (EUR 39.8 million), according to consolidated results recently released by the firm’s parent company Agrosuper.

The salmon farmer’s operating revenue reached USD 1.66 billion (EUR 1.61 billion) for the year, up 10.3 percent compared to USD

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The theft of salmon is one of three areas that the Chilean internal revenue service, SII, has begun to investigate in relation to complex crimes occurring in the country.

The tax service specifically created a unit to look into complex crimes and found three areas of pressing need for further investigation to be the supply of informal commerce, vehicle theft, and mafia activity affecting the salmon industry.

Regarding the latter issue, organized

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Argentina’s coastal shrimp fishery in the southern province of Chubut is on the verge of achieving Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. Chubut’s coastal shrimp fishery lands between 60,000 and 90,000 metric tons of shrimp a year, comprising about 40 percent of the national… Read More

Chile’s salmon-farming industry executives have been vocal over what they see as the need for the nation’s government to more clearly define its stance on the future of the aquaculture sector and establish a countrywide vision on salmon-farming development.

The government is working on a new aquaculture law, but different actors have failed to see eye to eye on what the law should cover and how it should be implemented.

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