Christian Molinari

Aarhus, Denmark-headquartered aquafeed supplier BioMar Group has partnered with the international nonprofit Earthworm Foundation to focus on sustainability best practices and social change in Ecuador’s shrimp sector.

The Earthworm Foundation works with businesses to find solutions to environmental and social challenges within value chains. The full value-chain collaboration looks to address the industry’s main issues,

Peru’s Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) has announced a 19 May launch date for the first anchovy fishing season of the year in the country's north-central region, setting a total allowable catch (TAC) of 2.792 million metric tons (MT), the ministry reported on its website.

The TAC represents a 36.4 percent boost from last season, when PRODUCE established a 2.047 million MT capture limit. That season closed in January with nearly the full

Argentina’s Chamber of Jigger Fishing Vessels Shipowners (CAPA, per the acronym in Spanish) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a group of six international squid buyers for joint collaboration in the fishery improvement project (FIP) for Argentine shortfin squid.

The MoU was signed at Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global in Barcelona, Spain, with squid-buyers including Alfrío, Cabomar, Congalsa, and

Chilean salmon farmer AquaChile has achieved carbon neutrality in the production of its Verlasso salmon.

Verlasso, the company’s premium farmed salmon brand, has been in the North American market for a decade and was recently introduced into Brazilian and Asian markets.

“Since its origin, Verlasso has been a pioneering brand in sustainability and it is due to this very reason that today we are taking a new step in this direction by

Shareholders at Multiexport Foods, the majority owner of Chilean salmon farmer Multi X, have approved agricultural giant Cargill’s proposed 24.5 percent purchase of the salmon company.

During an extraordinary shareholders meeting held 18 April, “all of the participating shareholders, which represents 92.23 percent of the issued shares with voting rights, agreed ... to approve the operation with the related party and therefore sign

Puerto Varas, Chile-based salmon-farming firm Australis Seafoods, which in 2020 launched the Southring brand to market its products globally, has signed an agreement with sustainable bioplastic producer BioElements to replace its conventional plastic containers and packaging with biodegradable material.

All of Southring’s fresh salmon fillets will now by exported in plant-based packaging developed specifically for the product, which has