Christian Molinari

Ecuador’s government putting an end to diesel subsidies for large shrimp farms is unfair, comes at a very inopportune moment, and seriously affects sector competitiveness, according to the executive president of the country’s National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA), José Antonio Camposano.

The move will increase production costs by USD 0.16 (EUR 0.15) per pound of shrimp, affecting 82 percent of the country’s shrimp

Chile’s government is considering specific laws to combat the robbery of particular goods, including farmed salmon, cattle, and copper cables.

The proposal – introduced by Chile Minister of the Interior and Public Safety Carolina Tohá – aims to fill a regulatory void. It follows the passage of a similar law enacted in 2022 that was successful in reducing lumber theft.

Thefts of truckloads of farmed salmon being

A Chilean court has ordered a halt on Punta Arenas, Chile-based salmon farmer Nova Austral’s plan to transfer some of its farming sites.

Chile’s Third Environmental Court in Valdivia ordered Nova Austral to put its plan to transfer some of its farming sites from the Alberto de Agostini National Park to part of the Kawésqar National Reserve – both of which are located in the southernmost region of Magallanes – on

Chilean salmon farmers are defending the use of antibiotics in their salmon and trout farming operations after the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program downgraded some rainbow trout farms in the region in its sustainability ranking to “Red” (Avoid) from “Yellow” (Good Alternative) due to escapes and high use of antimicrobials.

A release from the Chilean Salmon Council – a trade group comprised of AquaChile,

The spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery in Nicaragua has completed its fishery improvement project (FIP) and entered the full assessment process for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

The Caribbean-based fishery is the largest supplier of spiny lobster to the U.S., and the country exported seafood worth USD 180 million (EUR 170 million) in the first six months of 2022. Nicaragua is the second major Caribbean spiny lobster

Overfishing is often seen as a strictly environmental concern, but the issue should be also looked at through an economic lens, according to the new seafood-focused non-governmental organization Accountability.Fish.

Accountability.Fish was created to raise awareness of what it deems as “the under-monitored and murky politics” of regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). It seeks to support underrepresented

On Thursday, 15 December, Peru’s government instituted a national state of emergency, responding to outbursts of violence from protesters unhappy over the 7 December ousting of the country’s left-leaning president, Pedro Castillo, and the swearing in of then-vice president Dina Boluarte as Peru’s new head of state.

Castillo was facing allegations of corruption, with an estimated 50 separate cases pending with Peru’s

Important figures in Chile’s Magallanes region are refuting the arguments set forth in the Greenpeace documentary “Por Aquí No” (“Not Here”) which was highly critical of the region's salmon industry.

Greenpeace Chile launched the documentary on 28 September, 2022, in theaters, with a T.V. debut on 6 October on the History Channel. Calling for an end to salmon farming in the Kawésqar National Reserve,