Chile’s Salmon and Trout Sales Continue to Boom
CHILE - Chile’s farmed firm producers are celebrating their latest export figures. Chile’s aquaculture industry (salmon, and to a lesser degree trout) continues to grow by leaps and bounds.

New accusations leveled at Chile's salmon industry - reputation under threat
SANTIAGO - The farmed salmon industry in Chile is a US$2 billion-a-year business and is already a frequent target of environmental groups.

Where Salmon Is King
CHILE - Near the southern tip of Chile, the Andes Mountains tumble spectacularly into the sea. These are some of the purest waters on the planet. Yet wherever you look in this distant region, you can't help noticing clusters of nets, buoys and platforms...

Chile`s first fish farming park to be built in Tongoy
CHILE - The University of Los Lagos (ULA) is planning to build the first Fish Farming Park in Chile on a 5.5-hectare terrain, in the Tongoy Bay of Coquimbo Region IV, investing more than CLP 450 million (USD 826.400).

Chilean says world's fish farms must take action
CHILE - BC and the world will face big environmental challenges from fish farms if more action isn't taken. An expert from Chile speaking at BC Hearings on Aquaculture, Rodrigo Pizarro, says more global and local standards are needed, "I envy...

Salmones Mainstream plant workers vote to strike
CHILE - Following the wave of protests and strikes which has affected Chile's aquaculture industry, over 600 workers from Salmones Mainstream?s 11 salmon ongrowing plants, operations centre and processing plant have voted to strike. The strike,...

Chile’s Salmon Industry Outlasts Striking Workers
CHILE - Four hundred and fifty striking workers at AquaChile voted Monday to end their two-week strike, which had reduced production at Chile’s largest salmon plant by an estimated 40 percent. While company officials acknowledged the strike resulted...

Chilean fishery workers go on strike to protest low wages
CHILE - Workers of AquaChile, the second-largest salmon farm in the world, went on strike and occupied the facilities last week, local news media said.

Harmful Algal Blooms monitored from space in Chile
CHILE - Chile is currently the world’s largest producer of farmed salmon and has a burgeoning mussel culture industry that is supplying a growing world market.

Chile fishing for 1st place in salmon production
CHILE - Chile's salmon industry is hoping to replace Norway as the world's No. 1 producer by 2010, but first it may have to deal with the same environmental challenges that plague the current market leader.

Chile: 13 salmon farms under fire for overproduction
CHILE - The Tenth Region’s environmental body (Corema) began a sanctionatory process against 13 salmon farms, the largest process ever undertaken since the new environmental protection law was passed. Corema’s acting director, Mario Sanhueza,...

Chile's mussel exhibition launched
CHILE - For the second year running, Chile’s international mussel exhibition, Expomytilus 2006, will take place in Castro, on Chiloé Island. This year's show will run between November 30 and December 2. The first show last year was a big...

Intervet At Aqua Sur 2006
CHILE - Intervet Veterinaria Chile Ltda. had a very attractive booth at the recent (March 22-25) Aqua Sur tradeshow in Puerto Montt. According to the organisers, the tradeshow was attended by over 13,000 visitors who came to see the 700 companies from...

Chile's Invermar raises $22 mln in share debut
CHILE - Chile's Invermar, a salmon farming company, raised $22 million when it sold a 23 percent stake at a price of 220 pesos per share on Thursday in its market debut on the Santiago Stock Exchange.

Pressure Group Push For Salmon Industry Moratorium In Chile
CHILE - A leading voice in Chile’s environmental community called for a moratorium Thursday on the explosive growth of Chile’s salmon industry, saying the industry’s environmental, social, and political costs may be too great to warrant further expansion. Economist...

Chile: An Innovative Incubator
CHILE - Salmon aren't native to Chile. So how did this shoestring of a country best known for its immense copper reserves become the world's second-largest producer of the rosy-fleshed fish? Much of the credit goes to a Santiago business...

Tompkins takes a stand against Salmon Industry in Chile
CHILE - U.S. businessman and ecologist Douglas Tompkins has launched a campaign to freeze further developments in Chilean salmon farming, resulting in ridicule from industry leaders and authorities. “[The salmon industry] is worse than the smog...

A new biotechnology company in Chile: PerOs Aquatic
CHILE - PerOs Systems Technologies is proud to announce the establishment of its worldwide aquaculture division, PerOs Aquatic Limitada. This new Chilean biotechnology company will be using PerOs' patented Oralject(TM) technology to address major...

Scientists object to salmon farms in Patagonian fiords
CHILE - A group of Chilean scientists from the Foundation Huinay, based in the town of Hualaihue, on continental Chiloé, oppose the thriving country’s salmon industry from expanding operations into the Patagonian fiords region claiming it would significantly...

The 'Sins' of the Salmon Industry
CHILE - Long criticised for its environmental impacts, Chile's lucrative salmon farming industry is now being accused of violating labour, gender and indigenous rights as well. The report ''Salmon Culture and Human Rights: Systematic...

Chile Calls EU to WTO Over Minimum Import Prices for Salmon
CHILE - Chile called on the European Union to defend a decision under global trade rules to impose minimum import prices on imports of farmed salmon, contesting protection for producers in the U.K. and Ireland. Norway may also protest. The restrictions...

Chile leads in farmed salmon production
CHILE - Chile expects to end 2004 as the world’s leading producer of farmed salmon with 36% of the global market according to Chilean government and private sources. “If production tendency remains stable, we should end 2004 just above Norway the leading...

Vaccine 'could save Chile's salmon industry millions
CHILE - A vaccine against bacteria that cause annual losses of US$150 million to Chile's farmed salmon industry will be commercially available for the first time next year. The announcement was made at the 12th International Biotechnology Symposium,...

Chile Hits Record Fisheries Exports
CHILE - Chilean fisheries exports reached USD 1,468 billion during the first seven months of 2004.

Chilean tainted salmon could be resold
CHILE - A cargo of farmed Chilean salmon tainted with a potentially harmful toxin and rejected for import in Europe has returned to Chile and could be re-exported to a country with less stringent laws, consumer and environmental groups warned.