Fisheries

• Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' 2008 Illex license fees remain at 2007 level

  

  Falkland Islands license fees for the 2008 Illex squid season will remain at 2007 levels. The decision was confirmed during the August meeting of the Falklands' Executive Council in spite of the fact that 2007 has proved one of the best years on record in terms of level catches.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Illex squid season in Uruguay Argentina CFZ ends August 31

  The Illex squid season in the Uruguay/Argentina Common Fisheries Zone, CFZ, ends next August 31st, according to a release from the Maritime Front Joint Technical committee.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chubut joins Oceanic Bio-geographic Information System

  

  The Onboard Observers Programme of the Argentine province of Chubut Fisheries Secretariat (POBCH) will participate in the Oceanic Bio-geographic Information System (OBIS) by supplying periodic marine biodiversity data acquired from fishing results on specific species.

• Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina implements strict conservation in hake fisheries

  

  Argentina's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Foods (SAGP&A) established strict limits on common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) catches with the purpose of safeguarding the species fisheries.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Insufficient hake has Argentine industry on the edge

  

  A drop in hake catches, international prices coupled with problems arising from the several weeks strike in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires province), when workers blocked access to port facilities protesting low salaries, have all had an impact on Argentina's fisheries industry.

• Monday, August 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean seabass blacklisted in the US as a “health risk”

  

  The United States based Seafood Watch Program (SWP) has blacklisted Chilean seabass, advising U.S. consumers that the fish species is commonly exposed to mercury contamination. To prevent possible health risks, SWP suggests a significant decrease in Chilean seabass consumption, especially for children, who should be restricted to a maximum of one serving per month.

• Friday, August 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  FAO signs agreement to improve fisheries management in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay and FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, signed last July an agreement for the implementation of a three years fisheries management project which hopefully will make Uruguay's fishing industry more efficient and with greater technical emphasis.

• Friday, August 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile orders salmon farmers to kill fish infected with ISA

  

  Chile's National Fishing Service (SERNAPESCA) has instructed salmon farmers to kill fish found to be infected with the lethal Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA), a highly contagious virus that was recently detected on several fish farms in Region X.

• Thursday, August 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner promised “full compensation” to torched Spanish fishing companies

  

  President Nestor Kirchner promised Spain “full compensation” to the Spanish fishing companies torched during a July labor dispute in his home Patagonia province of Santa Cruz, plus pressing charges against those responsible, including union leaders.

• Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine: Port of Mar del Plata returns to normal

  

  The port of Mar del Plata, in the Province of Buenos Aires, began to recover its normal momentum after a 10-day blockade. Once the workers accepted the entrepreneurs' proposal on a guaranteed minimum wage and their legalised situation within a 100-day period, the fish skinning workers finally lifted their strike, and the sector's activity has resumed.