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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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Chile’s salmon farmers increased their use of antimicrobials last year to levels not seen since 2017, according to the latest report on the matter from the Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca).
Sernapesca reported Chile's salmon farmers used 463.4 metric tons (MT) of antimicrobials on 985,958 MT of harvested biomass in 2021, leading to an antibiotic consumption index (ACI, or amount of active ingredient
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