Fisheries

• Wednesday, August 8th 2012 - 07:00 UTC

  Patagonia province delegation promotes fishery produce sales in Brazil

  

  A delegation from the Argentine Patagonian province of Chubut fishing industry is on a business round of Brazil and the first city to visit was Florianópolis. The group led by Chubut governor Martin Buzzi is also scheduled to visit Sao Paulo and Brasilia.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2012 - 15:19 UTC

  Professional fishermen to catch sharks that are attacking surfers in Reunion Islands

  

  France will hire professional fishermen to kill some 20 sharks off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion this week in an effort to understand the reasons for a series of attacks in the surfing hotspot.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 07:38 UTC

  Venezuela fishing vessels caught in French Guiana waters will be destroyed

  

  Two Venezuelan fishing vessels were caught illegally operating n French Guiana waters by a French Navy patrol and will be destroyed as is normal procedure in the territory, according to Cayenne media.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 18:38 UTC

  Sea Shepherd leader Watson skips bail fearing extradition to Japan

  

  Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson has skipped bail and fled from Germany, with his supporters claiming they fear he would have been extradited to Japan over Antarctic whaling protests.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2012 - 18:57 UTC

  Falklands’ Fortuna launched this week its new seafood marketing website

  

  Fortuna, one of the Falkland Islands leading producer and exporter of premium quality frozen seafood launched this week its new seafood marketing website to expand the company’s marketing network.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 23:40 UTC

  South Korea scraps criticized ‘scientific’ plan to resume whaling

  

  South Korea has decided to scrap its fiercely criticised plan to resume “scientific” whaling, apparently because of international pressure, a report said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 20:19 UTC

  Argentina to apply new software for quantifying international jigger fleet

  

  Argentina’s National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, Inidep, announced the development of software that can process, validate and/or automatically calibrate satellite night images of jiggers operating for squid at the 201 mile.

• Monday, July 9th 2012 - 17:55 UTC

  Norwegian company completes most successful Antarctic krill season

  

  Olympic Seafood AS has announced that its vessel ‘Juvel’ has recently completed its most successful Antarctic krill season ever, with record efficiency and a catch of the utmost quality.

• Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 07:26 UTC

  Falklands’ government confirms Grenadier licensed fishery

  

  The Falkland Islands government will be setting a Grenadier licensed fishery on a test basis to assess the potential and evolution of the species. The decision was announced by the Falklands’ Executive Council after its latest monthly meeting and following the presentation of a paper with the proposition.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 22:08 UTC

  Chile relocates salmon farms along sanitary corridors to avoid spread of diseases

  

  Chilean Under-Secretariat of Fisheries (Subpesca) defined eight macro zones for the salmon industry, which will be located in regions X and XI, extreme south of the country which means companies will have to relocate the farms that are near these sanitary corridors.