A native of San Francisco, Christian Molinari has lived and worked in Chile for over 20 years, after having arrived in Santiago as a volunteer and falling in love with the culture and its people. He covered business news in Latin America for over a decade, worked in communications at IBM Chile, and currently freelances in strategic communications and reporting.
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Ambiguous and stringent regulations, as well as changing market preferences for fresh food products, have made Chile less competitive as a salmon-producing nation compared to other countries such as Norway, according to Mowi Chile CEO Fernando Villarroel.
Regulation of Chile’s salmon industry is often complex and strict, he told El Mercurio, which has limited the sector's growth and created a perception that the government does not favor
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According to the latest annual report from Brazilian fish-farming association Peixe BR on Brazil’s fish output, the South American country produced 887,029 metric tons (MT) of farmed fish in 2023, marking a 3.1 percent jump from 2022 and surging 53.2 percent from the 578,800 MT produced 10 years ago.
Farmed tilapia took up 65.3 percent of total production, reaching 579,080 MT, followed by native species such as tambaqui and pirarucu coming
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Ecuador’s shrimp exports reached 236 million pounds in June 2024, slipping almost 2 percent from the 241 million pounds exported in the same month of 2023 and marking a significant difference from the record-setting 275 million pounds of shrimp the country exported in May 2024.
The value of those exports reached USD 524 million (EUR 469 million) in June, falling 8.2 percent from the USD 571 million (EUR 510 million) registered in the same
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Chilean startup Food for the Future (F4F) breeds black soldier flies to produce alternative aquafeed.
In a recent interview, F4F Commercial Manager Felipe Mayol provided SeafoodSource with information on how far the company has come in its 10 years of existence, an inside view of the company’s current operations, and a look into its future plans.
SeafoodSource: You have a joint commercial campaign with salmon-farming firm Caleta Bay, which
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Achieving continuous growth within the shrimp industry is possible through proper investment and a focus on welfare, according to Ecuador National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA) Executive Director Yahira Piedrahita.
“It’s not good business for us to have sick animals," she said. “Shrimp kept in inadequate conditions have a high feed-conversion [ratio], require greater use of products to improve health, have a higher risk of illness
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