Editorial Staff | Aquaculture Magazine, with information from Ventisqueros
Source: Ventisqueros press release, November 2026. Figures correspond to the company’s 2025 operations and are reported by the company.
In 2025, the Chilean salmon producer used remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to replace 2,469 theoretical annual dives in mooring operations and carried out 1,066 operations with this technology, reducing workers’ exposure to high-risk underwater tasks.
Ventisqueros, a salmon farming company based in southern Chile, reported that in 2025 it expanded the use of underwater robotics for operational tasks at its marine farms. The company used remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems to replace 2,469 theoretical annual dives associated with mooring operations, reducing the need for divers in anchoring and infrastructure maintenance work.
According to the company, the figure refers to the dives that these mooring tasks would have required under a conventional diving-based approach. The change is intended to limit workers’ exposure to the risks of underwater operations at aquaculture sites.
ROVs took over installation, inspection and maintenance tasks
During 2025, Ventisqueros carried out 1,066 operations using ROV technology, including installation, inspection and maintenance work at its farming sites. In addition, 742 operations were conducted from the surface with robotic support.
The technology also enabled the inspection of more than 1,400 mooring lines. According to Ventisqueros, this expanded its capacity to monitor critical infrastructure and provided more information for the operational management of its farming centers.
Ventisqueros reported 1,066 ROV operations, 742 surface operations with robotic support and more than 1,400 mooring lines inspected in 2025.
Safety as the main driver
The company frames the program as a safety measure. “The incorporation of underwater robotics has allowed us to tangibly reduce our teams’ exposure to higher-risk tasks,” said Rodrigo Niklitschek, Farming Manager at Ventisqueros. He added that the company’s approach to innovation focuses on using technology to move toward safer and more efficient operations.
According to Ventisqueros, each task shifted from the seafloor to remote operation reduces exposure to risk and forms part of its safety culture.
Part of a broader modernization of operations
The company states that the implementation of these solutions is part of a process to modernize its operations by incorporating technologies into tasks where they can improve safety, operational control and efficiency. Ventisqueros, part of the German Schörghuber Group, has also reported progress in other operational areas, such as the recovery of 99% of its waste in 2025, and recently hosted a visit by Germany’s ambassador to Chile to its facilities in Puerto Montt.
Robotics for net-pen work has drawn increasing attention across the salmon farming industry, from ROV-based inspection to autonomous net-cleaning systems.
Frequently asked questions
How many dives did Ventisqueros replace with underwater robotics?
According to the company, ROV technology replaced 2,469 theoretical annual dives in mooring operations in 2025.
What tasks were performed with ROVs?
Ventisqueros carried out 1,066 operations with ROVs, including installation, inspection and maintenance at its farms, plus 742 operations from the surface with robotic support.
How many mooring lines were inspected?
The technology enabled the inspection of more than 1,400 mooring lines in 2025, according to the company.
Sources and Methodology
Content type: news based on a corporate press release from Ventisqueros, distributed by its communications agency. Note on the data: all figures are reported by the company for 2025 and were not independently verified by Aquaculture Magazine. “Theoretical dives” refers to the dives the company estimates these mooring tasks would have required without ROVs. The release does not report the number of sites, ROV units or equipment models involved. Photo: Ventisqueros.
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