Christian Molinari

Christian Molinari

Contributing Editor reporting from Santiago, Chile

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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Published on
June 8, 2022

Punta Arenas, Chile-based salmon farmer Nova Austral posted a net loss of USD 11.4 million (EUR 10.6 million) in the first quarter of 2022, an improvement from the loss of USD 15.2 million (EUR 14.1 million) it saw in the same period in

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Published on
June 2, 2022

Los Angeles, Bio Bio, Chile-based Salmones Austral posted a Q1 2022 net profit of USD 1.8 million (EUR 1.6 million), versus losses of USD 9.4 million (EUR 8.7 million) in the first quarter of 2021, on the back of stronger salmon prices.

The company sold salmon at an average of USD 5.70 (EUR 5.30) per kilogram …

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Published on
June 2, 2022

Chile will look to replace its existing fishing laws, while also strengthen environmental stewardship in the ocean, Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who took office in March 2022, said in his first address to the nation on 1 June, 2022.

“In terms of fisheries and aquaculture, we will fulfill our commitment to advance in a new law, which will be free of corruption and the result of an open and transparent debate. One that delivers clear,

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June 1, 2022

Record first quarter average prices of Atlantic salmon at USD 6.86 (EUR 6.42) per kilogram whole-fish equivalent (WFE), compared to prices of USD 4.33 (EUR 4.05) per kilogram in the same quarter of 2021, drove an increase in Santiago, Chile-based fishing and salmon-farming firm Blumar’s quarterly earnings

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May 31, 2022

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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May 31, 2022

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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May 30, 2022

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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Published on
May 27, 2022

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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May 23, 2022

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.

The

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May 23, 2022

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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