Fisheries

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Spain's leading fisheries fair warns about scammers; Uruguayan company tops the list

  

  Conxemar, one of the world's largest and most important fisheries fair which is scheduled to take place next month, 5,6,7 October in Vigo, Spain has warned potentially interested parties about scammers and pseudo promoters of Conxemar exhibits guide. It suggests that before responding or in doubt to contact directly with Conxemar.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Argentina will not participate in the Conxemar fisheries fair in Vigo next month

  

  Argentina will not be participating next October in this year's Conxemar 2021, one of the world's largest fisheries fairs that takes place in Vigo, Galicia. The information was made public in a brief release from the Argentine Federal Fisheries Council, CFP.

• Monday, August 30th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine Senate approves the Fishing Unit, as the new index value for illegal fishing fines

  

  The Argentine Senate unanimously approved the bill which reviews and establishes new values for fines and sanctions for illegal fishing activities in the country's EEZ.

• Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 11:55 UTC

  Falkland’s ExCo agrees to proceed with improved ITQ scheme

  

  Yesterday the Executive Council (ExCo) approved the referral of the Fisheries (Conservations and Management) (Amendment) Bill 2021 to the Legislative Assembly next month.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:57 UTC

  Argentina prosecution sustains Tierra del Fuego bill banning salmon breeding

  

  Argentina's Prosecution office considered that the Tierra del Fuego province bill establishing limits, and rulings for the breeding and production of salmon species in provincial jurisdictional waters “do not exceed limits of the reasonable” and besides were approved by the Legislative in “the full exercise of its environmental competence, which privilege the conservation of natural resources above considerations of other nature”.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 18:36 UTC

  Chubut imposes strict measures on shrimp landings to protect the fishery

  

  The Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut has imposed strict limits to the landings of shrimp caught in its waters, with the purpose of protecting the resource, limiting discards and damaged crustaceans which result in lower prices because of poor quality.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Argentine congress fearful Falklands' new port could overshadow Ushuaia

  

  The Argentine congress is restless and is concerned since the Falkland Islands started to build its new deep water port, fearing, besides the usual cacophony of claims, that the Islands could replace Ushuaia as the main access to Antarctica.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 06:03 UTC

  Spanish trawlers believe Falklands is heading for a record catch of Loligo

  

  The fleet of trawlers from Vigo. Spain operating in the Falkland Islands waters are most enthusiastic about the current second squid season and believe Loligo landings already totaling 72,200 tons according to records from Falklands' Natural Resources Department could anticipate, if catch rates continue, a record similar to that of the best year back in 1995, with 98,409 tons.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 05:04 UTC

  Falklands receive batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines; fishing vessels crews immunized

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has received a batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines, supplied by the UK government. These 960 doses arrived on 12 August and are being rolled out as part of the ongoing vaccination programme which began in February.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine fishing industry presents its objections to the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole

  

  The bill creating the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole, in the South Atlantic and currently under consideration in the Argentine congress has received strong criticism from the Argentine fishing sector, united under the umbrella of Intercamaras.