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ASC concludes 2024 Discovery Tours on Chilean shores. Salmon rounds out Responsible Seafood Series, with new locales in line for 2025. The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) closed 2024 with a […]
Eight salmon production centres adopt the use of Garware anti Caligus Skirts in Chile. Cermaq, Mowi and Salmones Austral are using this non-pharmacological alternative as part of health strategies to […]
Cermaq Chile’s Managing Director, Pedro Courard, will step down from his role. His successor will be Joachim Wessel, effective from June 1. Pedro Courard will leave Cermaq Chile and start […]
Ace Aquatec makes a splash with key new appointment in Chile. Scotland-headquartered aquaculture company Ace Aquatec has expanded its presence in the South American region with the appointment of Constanza […]
Innovasea, a global leader in technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, is now offering land-based aquaculture solutions to the Chilean aquaculture industry. For more than 30 years, […]
Chilean salmon now being exported to Malaysia. ProChile (a Chilean government export promotion organisation) has celebrated an important milestone in seafood exports to Malaysia: despite the distance between Chile and […]
Cooke Chile begins harvesting first organic salmon Cooke Chile has begun harvesting the first organic farm-raised Atlantic salmon in Chile. This marine aquaculture production in Chile will initially be equivalent […]
Chilean seafood company gains sustainability recognition. Vertically integrated Chilean fishing and aquaculture company, Blumar, first store and experience centre, Mercado Blumar, reached a new achievement by obtaining the Blue Seal […]
Chile joins the lead in the ‘Race for Ratification’ of the High Seas Treaty. The High Seas Alliance congratulated Chile for becoming the first Latin American country to officially ratify the […]
Ace Aquatec makes waves in Chile with two new key appointments. Award-winning aquaculture technology specialists Ace Aquatec has announced the appointment of two key staff in Chile, as the company […]
BioMar announces Derek Kohn as the new Managing Director for Biomar Chile. As of November 2023, renowned executive Derek Kohn will take over the role of Managing Director for BioMar […]
Benchmark Genetics Chile announces new General Manager. The company has announced alterations to its management team in Chile. Berta Contreras will assume leadership responsibilities for the company’s operations within the […]
Benchmark Genetics disease-free compartment in Chile opens for export of genetics to the global salmon market. On May 19th, 2023, Benchmark Genetics Chile received the Disease-Free Compartment Certification from the […]
Garware strengthens its international teams in Norway, Chile and Spain. As part of its commercial strategy of international strengthening, given its powerful participation in world markets as a provider of […]
Salmones Austral inaugurates Chile’s first post-smolt RAS farm. Salmones Austral’s ‘Los Arrayanes’ project has inaugurated what is Chile’s first RAS farm to produce Atlantic salmon post-smolt. Built between mid-2020 and […]
Chilean Bárbara Hernández achieves the longest swimming: A call to save Antarctica. On Monday the Chilean ice-water swimmer, Bárbara Hernández, made history by being the first person to swim 2.5 […]
Benchmark Genetics and the University of Chile (Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences) have formed a strategic partnership to develop mutually beneficial R&D projects. The agreement was signed on the […]
Nova Austral joins UN Global Compact Network in Chile. Nova Austral has officially joined the Global Compact Network Chile, becoming the second salmon company in the country and the first […]
SSP expands presence in Chilean retail market. The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has officially expanded its presence to the Chilean market with retail giant Jumbo, where SSP-approved premium shrimp will […]
Vietnam’s tuna market share in Chile increased sharply. After the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) took effect from January 2019, Vietnam’s tuna export turnover to Chile has […]
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