Chilean government accuses salmon feed companies of price fixing

The Chilean FNE ( National Economic Prosecutor's Office) has alleged that BioMar, Skretting, and Salmofood colluded to fix prices between 2003 and 2015.

A fourth supplier, EWOS, was acquired in 2015 by US company Cargill, which promptly self-reported the alleged collusion. Under Chilean law, whistleblowers are automatically exempt from being charged.

FNE alleges that the companies at first exchanged price lists, and later coordinated the cost of raw materials they quoted to their clients. FNE has asked for fines totalling nearly US$80 million (A$122 million) for the Chilean subsidiaries of the three companies.

Speaking in the Tasmanian Parliament, Greens leader Dr Rosalie Woodruffe confirmed that Skretting is a supplier to Tassal (owned by Canadian multinational Cooke Aquaculture) and Biomar is a supplier to Huon Aquaculture (owned by Brazillian multinational JBS). She discussed the devastating impact of the fish food companies on wild anchovies and Antarctic krill, both very significant at the base of the global food chain, and the similarly devastating impact of fish food operations on first peoples food sources in West Africa.

NOFF is not aware of any evidence linking the operations of Biomar and Skretting in Tasmania with the operations of their counterparts in Chile, and we make no allegations of any price fixing here.

You can find more information in SeafoodSource, 14 July 2025, FishFarmingExpert, 18 July 2025, the Tasmanian Greens website and our Get the Facts page.