Blumar’s salmon business offsets falling pelagic catches in H1
Blumar’s salmon business became bigger than its fisheries unit in the first half of this year because of declining landings of pelagic fish
Ecuador shuts second pelagic fishing season
Ecuador authorizes six vessels to carry out five-day exploratory period to assess the biomass off the country’s Pacific coastline
Peru’s anchovy output doubles in July after declines
Peruvian anchovy output rose 103% in July on bigger landings compared with a year ago, the country’s statistics institute said
Exalmar: Peru anchovy catch to drop 20% this year
Pesquera Exalmar said the shortest fishing season ever in Peru will lead to a 20% drop in anchovy catches to 2m metric tons in 2016
Exalmar has bond rating cut on fishing quota
Peru's Exalmar said Standard & Poor’s cut the rating on its $200m bond because of lower fishing quotas in 2016
Corpesca plans $55m investment in Chile fishmeal plant
Corpesca, the fishing unit of Chile’s Angelini Group, will invest up to $55m to modernize its fishmeal and fish oil processing plants in the northern port of Arica
Pacific Andes says Peru insolvency won’t harm creditors
Pacific Andes' executives are disputing creditors' notion that Peruvian insolvency proceedings for its fishmeal companies can block the US court's access to those assets
Salmon supply shortfall boosts Camancacha’s revenue
Chilean salmon farmer and anchovy harvester Camanchaca is benefitting from rising salmon prices due to supply shortages but the fishing division is incurring losses
Pickenpack administrator, others join in call for trustee at Pacific Andes
The administrator of Germany's Pickenpack is supporting a push to have a bankruptcy trustee named to manage the restructuring of Pacific Andes, which owes it $80.3m
El Nino prompts Peru to allow industrial anchovy fishing closer to shore
Peru’s government announced it will allow industrial fishing companies to come within five nautical miles to fish anchovy, from 10 miles previously