Among other aspects, and at a commercial level, the Subpesca sector report indicates that the accumulated fishery and aquaculture exports up to June recorded an increase of 6.3% in value compared to the same period in 2025 and were 18.1% above the average of the five-year period 2021-2025.

The national fishing and aquaculture sector continues to show a differentiated behavior during 2026, in a scenario marked by high environmental variability and oceanographic conditions associated with the El Niño phenomenon, especially relevant to the availability and distribution of pelagic resources.

According to the latest Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Report from the Subsecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca), by the month of August, landings and harvests totaled 2.59 million tonnes, where aquaculture harvests stood out, reaching 1.05 million tonnes, with an annual growth of 10.1%.

Within this component, increases in different species are observed: Atlantic salmon increased its harvests by 4.9%; Pacific salmon, by 14.2%; rainbow trout, by 17.6%; and molluscs in total, by 16.9%. The mussel, the main cultivated mollusc in the country, recorded a growth of 16.7%.

Similarly, it highlights the behavior of the northern oyster, whose harvests accumulated 3,556 tonnes by August, a 62.3% increase compared to the same period of the previous year. 97.8% of this production was concentrated in the Coquimbo Region.

Favourable behaviours in some fisheries

In the extractive sector, which shows differentiated results among fisheries, the report identifies positive variations in certain resources. Among them is the jibia, whose landed catch accumulated to 134,6 thousand tonnes, an increase of 43,7% compared to 2025. Likewise, the southern demersal fishery accumulated 22,7 thousand tonnes, 20,1% more than the previous year.

Meanwhile, the areas of management also recorded a positive variation: the accumulated extractions reached 20 thousand tons, a figure 27.4% higher than that observed in the same period of 2025.

In the case of jack mackerel, the main pelagic resource by volume, the landing reached 675.4 thousand tonnes by August. Looking at its most recent evolution, during July and August the monthly landings exceeded those recorded in the same months of the previous year; a relevant precedent for the monitoring of this fishery.

Exports increase in value

At the commercial level, the figures show a favorable evolution: the accumulated fishery and aquaculture exports up to June recorded an increase of 6.3% in value compared to the same period in 2025 and were 18.1% above the average of the five-year period 2021-2025.

The main contribution came from aquaculture, which represented 78.1% of the total exported value. Aquaculture exports reached US$3,920.6 million, with increases of 8.0% in value and 14.9% in volume compared to the same period in 2025.

The full report can be reviewed HERE