Posts Tagged ‘South and central America’
Scotland’s marine software expertise on show in Chile
Software developed in Scotland to help predict the impact of fish farm waste on the marine environment will be showcased for international markets at the AquaSur trade show, in Chile next week. NewDEPOMOD is a particle-tracking modelling software, designed to predict dispersion of fish farm waste discharges in the marine environment. It was developed by…
Read MoreMedellín to host Latin America’s leading aquaculture event
Medellín, Colombia will be the headquarters of the Congress on Aquaculture in Latin America “Innovation and Sustainability for Global Aquaculture”. The combined event will include LACQUA 2024, THE VIII LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON NATIVE FISH CULTURE AND THE XI COLOMBIAN AQUACULTURE CONGRESS, from September 24 to 27, 2024 at the Plaza Mayor Convention Center. Medellín,…
Read MoreFire destroys large processing plant in Chile
A large salmon processing plant in southern Chile has been severely damaged by fire. The site, near the city of Punta Arenas, employs several hundred people and belongs to Entrevientos, which is owned in turn by the aquaculture companies Blumar and Multiexport Foods, also known as Multi X. Large flames followed by a huge pall…
Read MoreChile’s Nova Austral saved from liquidation
Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral has been saved from the immediate threat of liquidation. The long-running saga came to an end last night after the bondholders voted in support of a reorganisation agreement drawn up late last year. An announcement on the Oslo Stock Exchange said: “Following the Issuer’s presentation of the Reorganisation Agreement, Nordic…
Read MoreMowi Scotland’s Q4 harvest unchanged at 10,500 tonnes
Mowi Scotland harvested 10,500 tonnes of salmon in the final quarter of 2023. The figure was unchanged from the equivalent quarter the year before but the operation produced a loss, a trading update from the company today shows. Globally, Mowi – the world’s largest salmon farmer – produced 129,000 tonnes during the period and a…
Read MoreStill no sign of end to Chilean salmon farmer agony
Shareholders in the troubled Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral are still waiting to hear what is going to happen to the company. After several postponements since the summer, a decision on its future was expected this week, but that has been delayed for at least a further week – with still no guarantee the issue…
Read MoreSouthern Chile hit by new toxic algal outbreak
Salmon farmers in the south of Chile are battling against another large toxic algal bloom which has already cost the sector thousands of tonnes in lost fish in the past few weeks. Losses are already approaching 3,000 tonnes in Atlantic and Coho salmon. So far, farms run by AquaChile and Blumar (pictured) seem to be…
Read MoreStill no agreement on Nova Austral debt crisis
The long-running saga over the troubled Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral will now drag on into the New Year. It had been hoped a rescue package could be reached by the end of last week, but the creditors again rejected various proposals in a revised reorganisation agreement filed with a court in Chile. This is…
Read MoreNova Austral unions in plea to Chilean government
Trade unions representing workers at the troubled Chilean salmon company Nova Austral have sent a message to the government pleading not to let the business go under. Nova Austral, which farms in southern Chile, is said to owe more than US $500m (£409m). The company employs 800 people directly and supports some 2,000 indirect jobs.…
Read MoreChile loses thousands of salmon and trout to algal blooms
Coho salmon and trout in Chile have perished prematurely in their thousands, in what appears to be a mass mortality episode . The incidents have been centred around the Los Lagos region, with the latest reports suggesting that more than 500 tons of fish have already perished, representing around 2% of the total biomass in…
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