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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Chilean shipments of salmon and trout totaled USD 5.18 billion (EUR 4.56 billion) in 2021 thanks to steady increases in demand throughout the year
Las year, Chile saw a progressive recovery in salmon exports, resulting in an 18.2 percent year-over-year value increase from 2020. The recovery came despite a 2.6 percent year-over-year decrease in export value Q1 2021, helped by increases of 11.6 percent and 33.4 percent in Q2 and Q3, respectively.
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Cermaq Chile has named aquaculture industry veteran Álvaro Poblete as its new production manager …
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Mowi, the world's largest salmon farmer, expects to expand 2022 production in just one country, Chile, of the six countries in which it operates …
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Chilean trade body SalmonChile has partnered with local salmon farmer Multi X to launch a social media contest to increase salmon consumption in the domestic market.
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Aarhus, Denmark-headquartered aquafeed supplier BioMar has recognized the operations of salmon farmers Blumar, Cermaq, Australis Seafoods, Multi X, and Cooke Aquaculture for having the best conversion factors with BioMar feed.
“If we look at the figures of the last five years, in relation to the 10 farms that have produced the best conversion factors with BioMar feed, the result is absolutely positive and in line with our promise of value.
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The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) is running the risk of being considered non-cooperative in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing due to its “lack of strong, consistent binding measures for its members” for the squid fishery, according to a Latin American industry group.
The industry group, the Committee for the Sustainable Management of the Southern Pacific Jumbo
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Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based BluGlacier – one of Chile's largest salmon importers to the U.S., founded in 2016 as a joint venture between Chilean salmon farmers Blumar and Ventisqueros – sees its recent hiring of premium brands sales director Chris Sandagato as another step in bringing seafood to customers in the North American market …
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Chile’s government has enacted a law that requires the holders of aquaculture concessions to take measures to avoid or reduce the deposit of inorganic and organic waste on the sea floor where their concessions are located ...
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While the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on a number of sectors worldwide in 2021, Ecuador achieved an all-time high in shrimp exports …
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A new study from Kiel University, led by researcher Renato Salvatteci, has found fundamental changes in the ocean, including warming and oxygen depletion, may have significant effects on fish stocks, including the displacement of individual species and stocks, including Peru’s anchoveta fishery.
The findings were published in the journal “Science” on 7 January, 2022. Researchers at Kiel University, together with colleagues from
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