Santiago, Chile-based salmon farmer Salmones Camanchaca grew first quarter revenues to USD 80.9 million (EUR 77.7 million), up 16.3 percent compared to Q1 2021, which the company mainly attributed to higher market prices and higher Atlantic salmon sales volume.
Salmones Camanchaca is a vertically integrated salmon producer that sells Atlantic and Coho salmon through five sales offices located in the main destination markets, led by the U.S.,
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Punta Arenas, Chile-based salmon farmer Nova Austral is appealing a CLP 1.32 billion (USD 1.52 million, EUR 1.47 million) fine levied against it for five infractions reportedly committed in 2017 at its Aracena-19 salmon grow-out
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Chile President Gabriel Boric is reportedly considering a moratorium on the farmed salmon sector that would halt its expansion in the country.
The 36-year-old Boric, the youngest president in Chile’s history, was elected in December 2021 and took office in March 2022. Previously, as a member of Chile's congress, he questioned the environmental sustainability of the country’s USD 5.2 billion (EUR 4.6 billion) salmon-farming
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The director of Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca), Claudio Báez, has voluntarily resigned from his position citing personal reasons, Chile's government announced. Báez had assumed as Sernapesca directorship in July 2021 …
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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,
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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
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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
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AquaChile, Chile’s largest salmon farmer and the second largest worldwide, has published its 2021 Integrated Report, showcasing an increase in its top-line income and a decrease in operating costs …
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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
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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
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