Fisheries

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 05:51 UTC

  Uruguay concerned with labour demands and fishing vessel seizures in Montevideo

  

  Alleged labour disputes involving hundreds of thousands of US dollars have left seven Spanish fishing vessels legally stranded in Montevideo, threatening the reputation of Uruguay’s main port to continue as a South Atlantic fisheries hub.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 15:41 UTC

  Falklands reports good catches of Loligo and rock cod in seven months of 2010

  

  The Loligo and Rock cod fisheries have performed well over the first seven months of 2010, although it is too early to predict the overall performance for the year confirmed Falkland Islands Government Director of Natural Resources John Barton.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 15:28 UTC

  Brazil greens claim 300.000 sharks have been killed for their fins

  

  Demand for shark fin soup in Asia has been blamed for the illegal killing of nearly 300,000 sharks off Brazil, an environmental group has alleged. The Environmental Justice Institute in Brazil has accused a seafood exporter (Siglo do Brasil Comercio) of illegally killing nearly 300,000 sharks.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:23 UTC

  Brutal slaughter of pilot whales in Denmark’s Faroe Islands

  

  The disembowelled bodies of brutally slaughtered whales line a dockside just 230 miles from Britain - as families with children wander among them, according to a report from The Sun.

• Friday, July 30th 2010 - 06:10 UTC

  Earthquake forces Chilean fishermen to move: old port too shallow to operate

  

  Chilean fishermen are still feeling the effects of the Feb. 27 earthquake. Infrastructure damage from the earthquake has forced more than 200 fishermen to relocate from the city of Lebu near Concepcion to the port of Coquimbo, a city to the north.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 17:08 UTC

  King crab season takes off in southern Chile; 2.600 tons were caught in 2009

  

  Chile’s King Crab season has officially kicked off for this year. The southern king crab is a delicacy in Chile, as 90% of each year’s catch is shipped to markets in Europe, North America and Asia. In Santiago, fresh king crab starts at about 25 US dollars per pound.

• Friday, July 9th 2010 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentina: Toothfish TAC set

  

  Argentine Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) established the total allowable catch (TAC) for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) of 3,250 tonnes for the current year.

• Thursday, July 8th 2010 - 01:27 UTC

  Falklands’ Fisheries scientists discover mating habits of deep-sea squid

  

  The mating habits of deep-sea squid have been revealed for the first time, after the discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis, according to an article from the BBC credited to Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News.

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:53 UTC

  Japan was prepared to yield and regrets a package regulating whaling was not achieved

  

  Failure to agree a common way forward at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting is “unfortunate”, says Japan's minister attending. In an interview with BBC News, Ms Yasue Funayama said Japan had had to “sweat and bleed” to bring agreement closer.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 02:24 UTC

  Lack of compromise questions credibility of International Whaling Commission

  

  Attempts to agree a compromise between whaling nations and their opponents at the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting in Morocco have failed. After two days of private discussions, delegates reported they had been unable to reach agreement on major issues.