Christian Molinari

The administration of Chile President José Antonio Kast has introduced a number of provisions as part of a “reconstruction bill” that, if passed, will affect the nation’s aquaculture sector. The National Reconstruction and Economic and Social Development Plan principally seeks to respond to damages that occurred in wildfires that took place in Chile between 2024 and 2026.  Besides that core focus, according to its authors, the… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming firm Salmones Camanchaca posted a net loss of USD 3.8 million (EUR 3.2 million) for the first quarter of 2026, compared to profits of USD 4 million (EUR 3.4 million) in the same quarter one year ago. The company said in a release that the result was due to lower sales prices, higher processing costs, and extraordinary mortality. Salmones Camanchaca harvested 13,000 metric tons (MT) of Atlantic salmon during the quarter,… Read More

Ecuador’s National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA) is seeking to position the nation’s shrimp-farming industry as a hub for investment, CNA Executive President José Antonio Camposano told SeafoodSource. “As a commodity, shrimp was historically seen as a very volatile protein, first because of the health risks and of it being a relatively young industry that had not yet found the right formula to grow in a sustained way. Second [was] market… Read More

At the 2026 SalmonChile Summit, which took place on 6 May in Frutillar, Chile, business leaders from several industries offered advice on how the South American nation’s salmon-farming sector can boost its public image. Salmon sector observers have long stated one of the Chilean salmon industry’s main problems is that many people in Chile are unaware of the importance of the sector to the nation’s economy, despite the fact that the salmon… Read More

Chilean sustainable manufacturing firm Aysén Recircular has created a business model in which it takes expanded polystyrene (EPS) from Chile’s salmon-farming firms and repurposes it into panels used to build houses. EPS is a material widely used in floats and buoys and considered one of the most complex to properly recycle once its useful life has run its course. The process begins with Aysén Recircular receiving buoys and industrial floats… Read More

Peru has 1,043 artisanal vessels registered to date with the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) – a number 33.6 times higher than the 31 it had registered in 2023. According to Innovations for Ocean Action (I4OA) Fisheries Specialist Iván Gómez, progressive installation of Peruvian government-required SISESAT Satellite Tracking System technology has been key to the fleet’s expansion into international… Read More

The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has announced it will integrate living wages as a formal criterion into its member standards. SSP, which is an organization that brings together firms committed to improving shrimp sustainability standards, will look to implement this measure within the operations of its member base and progressively expand its application to other stages of the global shrimp-farming value chain, it said in a release… Read More

Peru’s anchovy small-scale purse seine fishery has begun the process of securing Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. Two companies – Compañía Americana de Conservas and Corporación Leribe – have decided to advance in the certification process within the anchovy fishery. The move marks the next step in work begun in 2016 through a fisheries improvement project (FIP) coordinated by CeDePesca, which is a Buenos Aires,… Read More

Puerto Montt, Chile-based salmon-farming firm Ventisqueros plans to continue strengthening its approach to sustainable operations, according to Chief Commercial Officer Javier Calvo. “The company slogan is best-in-class performance, and that’s not just a phrase. We want to be leading the efforts in that direction. In this light, the company has been committed to many things, including reducing antibiotics,” he told SeafoodSource. Calvo… Read More

Chile’s salmon industry increased export totals to 251,413 metric tons (MT) during the first quarter of 2026, marking a jump of 20.7 percent compared to the same period last year. “Far from a productive expansion, the sector shows clear signs of sustained recovery based on structural improvements in its operation, consolidating a growth model based on efficiency, optimization, and greater sophistication in its international insertion,”… Read More