Christian Molinari

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

A Chilean prosecutor is reactivating a case against salmon-farming firm Australis over the death of a humpback whale near one of the company’s grow-out centers. Newly emerged photos show the whale was entangled in nets, challenging the conclusions of the initial necropsy and “leaving more doubts than certainties,” Prosecutor OIiver Rammsy reportedly said, according to local paper La Prensa Austral. The incident in question took place on… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming firm Multi X posted consolidated net profits of USD 2.1 million (EUR 1.8 million) in the third quarter of 2025, which were down 63.5 percent compared to profits of USD 5.9 million (EUR 5.1 million) recorded in Q3 2024. In a release, the company called its results “solid,” however, when considering the complex global scenario in the three-month period, which was marked by lower international salmon prices and tariffs… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming firm Salmones Camanchaca nearly tripled its net profits year over year in the third quarter of 2025, bringing in USD 12.1 million (EUR 10.4 million) compared to the USD 4.1 million (EUR 3.5 million) it posted in the same quarter of 2024. According to the firm’s latest financial report, its Q3 revenues reached USD 103 million (EUR 88.6 million), which was 43 percent higher than the USD 72.3 million (EUR 62.2 million)… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming firm AquaChile recorded revenues of USD 1.4 billion (EUR 1.2 billion) over the first nine months of 2025, which was up 13.8 percent compared to the USD 1.23 billion (EUR 1.06 billion) posted in the same period of 2024, parent company Agrosuper reported in its latest financial results. The cost of goods sold for the Agrosuper subsidiary inched up 7.8 percent year over year in the period to USD 1.02 billion (EUR 88.2… Read More

Australia’s government has awarded a patent to Chilean firm Ocean Arks Tech for its “superyacht” design aimed at developing aquaculture operations in the deep sea. The patent was granted for a 20-year term and complements the patent Puerto Montt-headquartered Ocean Arks Tech attained at the beginning of the year from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). “Today, we celebrate another remarkable milestone for our company, and we… Read More

The swim bladder of the totoaba – a fish native to Mexico’s Gulf of California – can fetch as much as USD 80,000 (EUR 69,300) per kilogram in Chinese markets, where it’s prized as a luxury delicacy, investment, or status gift. The lure of such profits has driven a sizable black market for the product that is largely controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel along the west coast of Mexico, fueling violence, corruption, and ecological… Read More

Peru’s Production Ministry (PRODUCE) has authorized a 7 November start for the second anchovy-fishing season of 2025 in the nation’s North-Central zone. PRODUCE established a provisional total allowable catch (TAC) of 500,000 metric tons (MT) for the season, with a final quota to be confirmed once the results of a scientific survey overseen by PRODUCE’s technical arm Imarpe are available. “The start of the second season with a… Read More