Chile

• Thursday, April 14th 2016 - 21:08 UTC

  Mysterious death of tens of tons of sardines in south Chile; consumption banned

  

  Chile’s government has temporarily banned the consumption of sardines in the south of the country after hundreds of thousands of dead fish turned up floating along the shores of Queule River.

• Thursday, April 14th 2016 - 09:23 UTC

  Chilean company fined by Argentina after admitting operating with Falklands' license

  

  Argentina's Ministry of Agro-Industry has slapped the maximum fine to a Chilean fishing company, firm Empresas de Desarrollo Pesquero de Chile SA (Emdepes SA), a Chilean subsidiary of the Japanese group Nissui for illegal fishing activities in 2014 in Argentina's EEZ, close to the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 22:18 UTC

  Punta Arenas cruise season: 29% increase in the number of visitors landings

  

  Almost 30% more cruise visitors landed in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, during the current 2015/16 season which is coming to an end. According to Chile's maritime migration officers, 109.746 cruise passengers and crew members were recorded, which represents a 29% compared to the previous season. The primary report was released by La Prensa Austral.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2016 - 07:23 UTC

  Panama Papers: Head of Chile's Transparency International has to step down

  

  In another unexpected to come from this Panama Papers scandal, the head of the Chile office of the corruption watchdog group Transparency International has resigned after his name appeared in the data leak.

• Monday, April 4th 2016 - 19:15 UTC

  Magallanes region has the lowest unemployment rate in Chile, 1.8%

  

  The unemployment rate in Magallanes extreme south region of Chile recorded 1.8% in the December-February quarter according to the country's Statistics Institute, INE, which compares favorably with 2.8% in the previous quarter and the national rate of 5.9%.

• Friday, April 1st 2016 - 07:44 UTC

  UK at Chile's Air and Space Fair offering a significant range of defense products

  

  Partnership, disaster relief, industrial cooperation and innovation are the main UK themes as UK companies exhibit a range of world beating defense capabilities at Chile's FIDAE 2016, some attending for the first time, others as a result of having exhibited at a successful FIDAE 2014.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 08:25 UTC

  Chile confirms the loss of 39.000 tons of salmon equivalent to toxic algae

  

  Some 25 million of fish -- equivalent to 39,942 tons of dead biomass -- was the final balance of the emergency caused by algae bloom in 45 farms in the salmon farms of the southern region of Chile, Los Lagos, reported SERNAPESCA, director José Miguel Burgos. A several month’s bloom of toxic algae causes ravage in south Chile salmon and trout farms.

• Saturday, March 19th 2016 - 09:13 UTC

  Brazilian situation shows division among Unasur members

  

  Unasur, the Union of South American Nations is divided on how to address the Brazilian situation: while Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia have agreed on a strong statement in support of president Dilma Rousseff, Argentina expressed 'institutional support' and Chile abstained.

• Monday, March 14th 2016 - 23:42 UTC

  World famous toothfish poaching vessel caught and destroyed in Indonesia

  

  Indonesian authorities on Monday bombed the last major ship internationally wanted for years of illegally taking toothfish from southern waters, reiterating a strong message to would-be poachers who enter the country's waters.

• Saturday, March 12th 2016 - 05:40 UTC

  Chile's challenge: disposing 27.700 tons of algae/bloom dead salmon

  

  More than 27,733 tons, equivalent to 72% of the total salmon mortality caused by algae bloom, have been removed from the farms affected by this contingency, Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) informed. In a new report on the emergency affecting the salmon farming industry in the Chilean southern region of Los Lagos, Sernapesca pointed out that 38 farms have been affected by microalgae bloom in the Concession Groups (ACS) 1, 2, 3A, 6, 7, and 10B, with a total mortality amounting to 23.8 million fish, equivalent to more than 38,500 tons.