PUNTA ARENAS – The Chief Medical Officer from Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, resigned following an outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Punta Arenas and serious statements from the Chilean minister of Health which were […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Sub-secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) is carrying out a public consultation on the general management plans designed for the Nazcas-Desventuradas and Francisco Coloane marine parks, located in the regions of Valparaíso […]
SANTIAGO –Chile has announced the creation of its newest marine protected area, the Diego Ramírez-Drake Passage Marine Park. Located in the Magallanes region, it is the southernmost park in the Americas and one of the […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean cruise operators and travel agencies have praised a bill approved by Congress, the Coastal traffic law, which allows cruise vessels with a 400 passenger capacity or more, and even smaller if there […]
SANTIAGO – This week, Chile’s top salmon company Empresas AquaChile inked a $255 million deal to acquire 100% of Salmones Magallanes and Pesquera Eden. The acquisition, which requires regulatory approvals, would give AquaChile a salmon […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean government has awarded Huawei Marine the contract to build a subsea cable connecting with the country’s far south, the Chinese technology giant announced this week. In a statement, Huawei Marine said […]
SANTIAGO – The environmental organization, Greenpeace, has boosted a campaign to create the largest marine protected area in the world, 1.8 million square kilometers, in Antarctica. In a press release issued yesterday, Greenpeace said that […]
SANTIAGO – Chile wants to overcome the imaginary barrier of the six million foreign tourists in 2017, a goal that seems tangible starting from the good results of the hospitality industry in this South American […]
SANTIAGO – Following the Greenpeace’s protest on potential approval of ten new licences in the Magallanes region, Chilean farmers say a “limited” increase in production is possible without damaging the environment of the country’s southernmost […]
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