Christian Molinari

Chile’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by the Los Lagos Communal Environmental Committee and confirmed the validity of an environmental permit issued for Salmones Antártica’s Río San Pedro salmon farm. Santiago, Chile-based Salmones Antártica first sought approval on a fish-farming project along the San Pedro River, located in the southern Los Ríos region of the country, in 2007. Shortly thereafter, the firm received an… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming firm Salmones Camanchaca posted net profits of USD 3.2 million (EUR 2.7 million) in the second quarter of 2026, marking a 50 percent drop compared to USD 6.4 million (EUR 5.4 million) posted in the same quarter of 2025. Top-line revenues in the period increased 35 percent year over year to USD 94.6 million (EUR 810 million), with higher volumes sold from inventories of both Atlantic salmon, up 36 percent; and coho, the… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming firm AquaChile reported net profits of USD 66 million (EUR 56.6 million) and a net margin of 15.6 percent in the second quarter of 2026, marking sizable increases from the USD 41 million (EUR 35.1 million) in net income and 9.4 percent in net margin recorded in Q2 2025. The firm’s parent company Empresas Agrosuper said in its latest earnings report that the positive results were due to solid operational performance, a… Read More

Chile’s salmon-farming sector wrapped up a four-year, CLP 4.22 billion (USD 4.6 million, EUR 4 million) sustainability initiative that delivered measurable gains in emissions reduction, waste recovery, water footprint measurement, and circular economy practices and led to the recent certification of 19 firms. The Clean Production Agreement, or APL as per the acronym in Spanish, was implemented between 2021 and 2025 and coordinated by… Read More

The Chilean salmon industry has long attempted to reduce its antibiotic use and mitigate the harmful effects of sea lice.  Animal health firm Sudvet said it is aiding the sector in achieving both of those goals by rolling out non-pharmacological strategies on salmon farms to help aquaculture firms reduce antibiotic and antiparasitic treatments. According to Sudvet CEO Marcela Delgado, the company has developed strategies covering the entire… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming firm Multi X is continuing to use its MultiSea land-based hatchery facility as a strategic tool to shorten marine production cycles, stabilize harvests, and reduce its salmon’s exposure to challenging environmental conditions, according to CEO Cristián Swett. MultiSea – a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) hatchery facility developed jointly by Multi X and Sealand Aquaculture – produces both smolts and… Read More

As part of efforts to review the government’s reach and streamline its services, Ecuador President Daniel Noboa recently announced intentions to merge multiple ministries within his administration, including the Vice Ministry of Aquaculture and Fisheries, into one broader entity. Ecuador's Executive Decree 425 mandates the merger of the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, and Investment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, which… Read More

Chile Senator Fidel Espinoza has called for the urgent formation of a working group to analyze the safety conditions of divers who perform maintenance work on the nation’s salmon farms. The call came shortly after the deaths of two divers occurred in under one month, both of whom worked for contract firm Tridente Servicios Acuícolas. One of the fatal accidents took place at the beginning of June at a farm belonging to AquaChile, and the other… Read More

Chile’s Aysén region has reached a new landmark in its approach toward creating a circular economy by shipping the first batch of compacted expanded polystyrene (EPS) made with aquaculture industry waste to European markets. The operation was carried out by local firm Ceresal, which was established in Aysén to provide services to the aquaculture industry in receiving and managing inorganic industrial solid waste. The shipment included 30… Read More

The Chilean Salmon Council is aiming to strengthen the relationship between agriculture and salmon-farming operations in the country by launching the AgroSalmon 2026-2027 roadmap. Salmonids are Chile’s second most exported product, with USD 3.5 billion (EUR 3.1 billion) worth of salmonids sent abroad during the first six months of 2026 alone. About 60 percent of the feed used in the country’s salmon production comprises ingredients of… Read More