Christian Molinari

The coast of Argentina is home to a cemetery of sunk vessels that have participated in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, according to Milko Schvartzman, the ocean policy coordinator at Argentina-based environmental NGO Circulo de Politicas Ambientales. “There is a graveyard of ships on the seabed of Mile 201,” he said, referring to the area just outside Argentina’s 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and… Read More

Chilean salmon-farming company AquaChile reported drops in revenue and profits during the opening quarter of 2026. In Q1, the firm reported consolidated sales of USD 482 million (EUR 414 million), which was slightly lower than the USD 501 million (EUR 430 million) it reported in the first quarter of 2025. According to results posted by its parent company Empresas Agrosuper, the company attributed the drop to lower prices in international markets… Read More

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa has established a temporary mechanism of economic compensation for the nation’s industrial fishing sector, looking to mitigate the impact of surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war. The plan, which is especially geared toward tuna-fishing fleets, will have a limit of up to USD 10.5 million (EUR 9 million), and only properly registered vessels that meet legal and tax requirements are eligible for the… Read More

Chilean salmon companies have begun to request refunds for duties paid in the United States following a court ruling that struck down the tariffs on imports, including salmon shipments . The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) opened a voluntary refund process after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to justify his tariff program, which began affecting… Read More

The Chilean Salmon Council is working to expand its focus beyond aquaculture and take a broader role in the economic and environmental development of the country as it works to contribute to rulemaking in the country’s Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service law (SBAP).   Chilean Salmon Council Executive President Loreto Seguel said the organization has engaged in initiatives connecting salmon farming with agriculture, tourism, gastronomy,… Read More

Chilean salmon farmer Salmones Austral has launched direct operations in Asia with the inauguration of its new commercial office in Tokyo, under the name of “Japón Austral” which means Southern Japan in Spanish. “The creation of this office will allow us to be closer to our clients to achieve better communication, understanding, and collaboration,” Salmones Austral Commercial Manager Juan Francisco Zanolli said in a release. “Salmones… Read More

The Chilean arm of salmon-farming firm Cooke Aquaculture has submitted a proposal to the national Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) to relocate one of its grow-out centers in the south of the country. The proposed USD 6 million (EUR 5.1 million) project would move the original concession located in Punta Caldera in the municipality and region of Aysén, to a replacement concession in an area deemed appropriate for aquaculture activity in… Read More

Chile’s Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) is working to modify a resolution dating from 2021 to allow the alternating or joint cultivation of macroalgae as a complementary activity at the nation’s salmon farms. Multitrophic aquaculture is a farming practice that involves cultivating different aquatic species from different levels of the food chain in the same ecosystem by using byproducts and waste from one species as… Read More

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