Christian Molinari

Chile’s Superintendence of the Environment (SMA) has levied a fine against the owners of the Quimeyco fish-farming project, located in the central-southern Araucanía region, after verifying a series of environmental breaches. The SMA sanctioned the company Sociedad Comercial Agrícola y Forestal Quimeyco Limitada with a fine equivalent to around CLP 2.33 billion (USD 2.5 million, EUR 2.2 million) for having modified the project without… Read More

The Chilean salmon industry is pushing back against an article by U.K. media outlet The Guardian titled “Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it.” The article opened with a story about the death of a diver who was struck by a boat’s propeller at one of Chile’s salmon farms in 2019, and uses that incident as a segue into reviewing the Chilean salmon-farming industry’s track record in health… Read More

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.-headquartered investment firm S2G Investments has made a USD 25 million (EUR 21.5 million) strategic investment in Oxzo, a Chilean firm that provides oxygenation technology to the aquaculture industry. Oxzo’s patented oxygenation and aeration systems provide solutions for fish farms both on land and at sea. Its Oxymar automated pontoons and Oxymovil mobile oxygen generation units have helped drive biomass increases by… Read More

Byproducts from the process of brewing beer may help salmon fight off a common pathological disease, according to a new study. Brewer's spent grain (BSG) is a byproduct of the brewing industry that makes up around 85 percent of brewing waste. More specifically, it is the leftover grain after sugars are extracted in the brewing process and is considered rich in nutrients, dietary fiber, proteins, and bioactive compounds. BSG, which is already… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming and industrial fishing firm Blumar posted consolidated revenues of USD 569 million (EUR 487 million) during the first nine months of 2025, which was up 30 percent compared to the same period of 2024. EBITDA during the period increased 22 percent year over year to USD 82.2 million (EUR 70.4 million), and net profits surged 305 percent to USD 24.7 million (EUR 21.2 million) from the USD 6.1 million (EUR 5.2 million) brought… Read More

A Chilean environmental court has ordered a full work stoppage on Salmones Antártica’s USD 17 million (EUR 14.6 million) fish farm being built on the San Pedro River in the southern Los Ríos region of the country. The decision came after the court admitted a claim from the Río San Pedro sin Salmoneras conservation movement, which expressed concern over possible irreversible impacts associated with the farm. After reviewing the claim, the… Read More

Peru's jumbo flying squid fishery has been accepted into the Marine Stewardship Council's Improvement Program (MSC-IP), starting the fishery on the path toward MSC certification. The process is being led by the Peruvian Chamber of Jumbo Flying Squid (CAPECAL), the member companies of which comprise 21 of the country’s main jumbo squid-processing and export companies. “This is a key moment for the Peruvian jumbo squid industry. Having been… Read More

The Chilean Prosecutor's Office is preparing to charge three crew members of the fishing vessel Cobra, owned by industrial fishing firm Blumar, for culpable homicide in the shipwreck of the artisanal fishing vessel Bruma. The incident took place on 30 March off the coast of Coronel in central-southern Chile’s Bío Bío Region, where the Cobra is believed to have collided with the Bruma. The latter vessel’s seven crew members are presumed to… Read More

Chile’s national investigative police force (PDI), in collaboration with the nation’s Prosecutor’s Office and the Chilean Tax Service (SII), recently carried out a sting operation and captured 22 alleged gang members suspected of having participated in the mass robbery of salmon. The operation targeted two criminal syndicates that are being investigated for illicit association and for theft of salmon by intimidation, Prosecutor Héctor… Read More

Chile’s Supreme Court has ordered salmon-farming firm Blumar to pay a fine and suspend operations for one production cycle at its Concheo 2 farming center located in the southern Aysén region. The sanction relates to Blumar delivering false information to the Chilean National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) about antiparasitic treatment carried out at Concheo 2. Besides the suspension of operations at the center, Blumar must… Read More