A native of San Francisco, Christian Molinari has lived and worked in Chile for over 20 years, after having arrived in Santiago as a volunteer and falling in love with the culture and its people. He covered business news in Latin America for over a decade, worked in communications at IBM Chile, and currently freelances in strategic communications and reporting.
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Santiago, Chile-based seafood firm Camanchaca has opened a USD 30 million (EUR 28 million) frozen horse mackerel processing plant which it expects will handle about 50 million kilograms of product during its first year of operation …
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Puerto Montt, Chile-based salmon farmer Multi X, which reported the death of 300,000 fish at one of its farms on 22 May, has revised the number downward to 250,000 fish totaling 1,075 metric tons (MT), Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, Sernapesca, reported.
The mortality was associated with a decrease in dissolved oxygen content affecting Atlantic salmon at the farmer’s San Luis center in
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A new National Geographic documentary is advocating for the protection of a large portion of Chile's coastline from further commercial salmon-farming development.
The documentary, titled “Canoeros: Memoria Viva” (Canoeists: Living Memory), and its creators are calling for Chile's Kawésqar National Reserve to be classified as a national park, effectively halting farming in the region.
The Kawésqar National
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Six of the eight Chilean salmon farmers in the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) increased antibiotic use in 2021 compared to levels from 2020, according to numbers available in GSI's annual sustainability report …
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Salmones Multiexport – which markets its products as Multi X – has suffered a mass-mortality event of roughly 300,000 fish weighing approximately 4.3 kilograms each, Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, Sernapesca, reported on its website.
The die-off affected Atlantic salmon at the farmer’s San Luis center in the concession group ACS 1, located in the Reloncaví Estuary in the Los Lagos region.
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AquaChile, Chile’s largest salmon farmer and the second-largest salmon-farming company in the world, saw a drop in net profits due to a significant hit from fair-value adjustments, primarily due to the sale of its former holding, Rainforest Tilapia …
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Chile’s salmon farmers increased their use of antimicrobials last year to levels not seen since 2017, according to the latest report on the matter from the Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca).
Sernapesca reported Chile's salmon farmers used 463.4 metric tons (MT) of antimicrobials on 985,958 MT of harvested biomass in 2021, leading to an antibiotic consumption index (ACI, or amount of active ingredient
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Santiago, Chile-based salmon farmer Salmones Camanchaca grew first quarter revenues to USD 80.9 million (EUR 77.7 million), up 16.3 percent compared to Q1 2021, which the company mainly attributed to higher market prices and higher Atlantic salmon sales volume.
Salmones Camanchaca is a vertically integrated salmon producer that sells Atlantic and Coho salmon through five sales offices located in the main destination markets, led by the U.S.,
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Punta Arenas, Chile-based salmon farmer Nova Austral is appealing a CLP 1.32 billion (USD 1.52 million, EUR 1.47 million) fine levied against it for five infractions reportedly committed in 2017 at its Aracena-19 salmon grow-out
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Chile President Gabriel Boric is reportedly considering a moratorium on the farmed salmon sector that would halt its expansion in the country.
The 36-year-old Boric, the youngest president in Chile’s history, was elected in December 2021 and took office in March 2022. Previously, as a member of Chile's congress, he questioned the environmental sustainability of the country’s USD 5.2 billion (EUR 4.6 billion) salmon-farming
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