Boycott Warning to Salmon Industry
CHILE - A group of Chilean and Patagonian fishermen have warned of an international boycott against Chilean salmon if the expansion in country's fish farming industry is not halted.

SERNAPESCA Axes Montalva Over Deepening Salmon Crisis
CHILE - Chile's National Fishing Service (SERNAPESCA) has sacked director veterinarian Inés Montalva. She has been replaced by Felix Inostroza Cortés, an engineer with an MBA.

Survival Strategy Means Jobs Go and Plants Close
CHILE - A quarter of Marine Harvest Chilean workforce will lose their jobs as of June when the company rationalises its production in the region.

Industrial Dispute Goes On
CHILE - South American salmon farm, Aguas Claras is facing a tenth day of industrial action by employees.

MH Downsizes To Curb ISA Losses
CHILE - International salmon production company, Marine Harvest has confirmed the significant downsizing of its operations in Chile's region 10. The decision is a result of continuing disease problems - Primarily Infectious Salmon Anaemia.

Chilean Distribution Deal Opens Up South American Market
CHILE - The Norwegian company Immunocorp Animal Health has signed a distribution agreement with the Chilean company Europharma to market the immuno-stimulant MacroGard?.

Fish Exports Expand for Chile
CHILE - Chilean fish and aquaculture exports totaled 3.5 billion US dollars between January and November 2007. THta's an increase of 6.5 per cent on the same period last year(3.3 billion) says the Fisheries Sub-secretariat (SUBPESCA).

Disease May Force Marine Harvest to Move Chile Farms
CHILE - The world's biggest fish farmer Marine Harvest said that it may have to move some production following a fresh outbreak of disease in Chile.

Highly contagious disease spreads in Chilean salmon farms
CHILE - Marine Harvest ASA, the world’s largest salmon company announced this week that they are seriously considering moving part of their salmon farming interests following a serious outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia, ISA.

Mounting concerns within Chile's Salmon Sector
CHILE - Workers in Chile's salmon sector have voiced concerns over proposals to close a number of disease-hit fish farms in Region X. They are concerned about their jobs, livelihoods and the future of fish farnming in the area.

Sites close and surveillance increases in Chile's ISA-ravaged waters
CHILE - Five new outbreaks of infectious salmon anaemia virus have been reported in Chile. More than 5.5 million have been affected and a major culling operation has been underway on affected sites in a bid to contain the disease.

Industry hiding the hazards of intensive salmon production, say purists
PUERTO VARAS - A two day workshop on Infectious Salmon Anaemia has been criticised by campaigners because of its 'closed-shop' policy, writes Jane Jordan, The FishSite Editor.

Scathing report on Chile’s booming salmon industry
CHILE - The environmental NGO Ecoceanos has released a scathing report on Chile’s 2.2 billion US dollars farmed salmon industry, the world’s second largest after Norway

Climate change seminar highlights challenges for Chilean fisheries
CHILE - The abundance of cuttlefish along the Chilean coast and the constant threat to hake and other commercial marine species are some of the possible consequences of global climate change mentioned in a recent scientific gathering held Santiago.

Marine Harvest cuts harvest targets due to Chilean fish disease
CHILE - Norwegian-based fish farmer Marine Harvest ASA has cut its 2007 harvest estimate to 335,000-345,000 tonnes of gutted weight from the previous figure of 370,000-390,000 tonnes.

ECOCEANOS: Chile Govt must investigate latest salmon scare
CHILE - Environmental NGO Ecoceanos this week demanded that Chile’s government take action in the wake of a recent report that Taiwanese health authorities detected a banned substance in salmon imported from Chile.

ISA confirmed on Cermaq farm
CHILE - Cermaq, the Norwegian owned aquaculture company, has confirmed that salmon at one of its Chilean fish farms has tested positive for infectious salmon anemia (ISA).

Chilean industry seeking investors from further a field
CHILE - Industrial and commercial development and economic growth have been at the forefront of Chile’s salmon industry for more than 20 years. However, the industry now needs to up its game globally if it is to sustain growth and maximise potential...

Chilean ISA Outbreak "under control"
CHILE’S ISA OUTBREAK IS UNDER CONTROL CHILE - Ninty Percent Of Infected Fish have now been exterminated wrtites Benjamin Witte, Santiago Times.

Chilean salmon farmers told to cull ISA infected fish
CHILE - Chile’s National Fishing Service (SERNAPESCA) has instructed salmon farmers to kill fish found to be infected with the lethal Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA), a highly contagious virus that was recently detected on several fish farms around Chiloé,...

ISA disease and 'open ocean' bill pose threats to Chlie's industry
CHILE - Americans may soon be paying more for their farmed salmon due to a reported outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia, says the Chilean National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca).

Chile fisheries exports total 1.7 billion to June
CHILE - Chilean fishery exports in the first five months of 2007 generated 1,707 billion US dollars, up 21.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2006, when returns totaled 1,407 billion, reports the Fisheries Sub Secretariat, SUBPESCA.

Chile Admits Sea Lice 'outbreak'
CHILE - The Chilean Government has acknowledged for the first time that sea lice ? parasitic crustaceans that affect both wild and farmed fish ? are causing serious problems for the country’s lucrative farmed salmon industry.

Salmon farmers urged to change tack to preserve Patagonian lakes
CHILE - The findings of a WWF study, released today, show that the production of farmed salmon in Chile's unique Patagonian lakes has doubled in the last decade. And the industry is contaminating the water sources with nutrient pollution, invasive species,...

AquaChile acquires Robinson Crusoe
CHILE - AquaChile, the largest Chilean-owned farmed fish company in the world, has acquired the remainling 40 percent stake in the salmon company Robinson Crusoe.