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Montevideo, April 23rd 2024 - 10:07 UTC

Tag: Fisheries

  • Monday, January 21st 2019 - 09:24 UTC

    Spain and EU working to minimize a no-deal Brexit impact on fisheries

    Minister Planas revealed that the Spanish government has been preparing its Contingency Plan for months, in case UK leaves the EU without an agreement

    Spain's minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, said he was confident that if no agreement is reached regarding Brexit, both the European Union (EU) and Spain will be prepared. During an informative breakfast, minister Planas stressed that the government of Spain is working to ensure citizens and is prepared to minimize the impact of “Brexit” on the agri-food and fisheries sector.

  • Monday, January 21st 2019 - 08:54 UTC

    Galicia commissions new report on Brexit and a possible fishing agreement with UK

    The Minister of Fisheries of Galicia, Rosa Quintana informed members of the Galician Fisheries Council at the plenary held in Santiago de Compostela.

    The Government of Galicia will commission the University Institute of European Studies “Salvador de Madariaga”, from the University of A Coruña, a new report on the current status of the Brexit agreement and the possibilities to reach a fishing agreement with the United Kingdom.

  • Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

    Argentina undertakes third scientific evaluation survey of Southern king crab

    The task in undertaken simultaneously with five vessels, Dukat, Talisman, Atlantic Express, Tango I and Tango II, with two INIDEP observers on each of them

    Argentina's National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP, has started a scientific survey aimed at assessing the Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla) in its central Patagonian distribution area. This is the third consecutive year in which the survey is carried out and includes the San Jorge Gulf and platform waters, between 43° 30 'and 48° South latitude, in jurisdictions of the Nation, and Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces.

  • Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

    Peru establishes an annual Patagonian toothfish TAC of 161 tons

    Once the established catch limit has been reached, the Ministry of Production, will close the Patagonian toothfish fishery; otherwise, it concludes 31 December 2019

    The Peruvian Ministry of Production has established the maximum allowable catch of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) resource for the current year at 161 tones. According to ministerial Resolution 007/2019, the quota may be modified if the Institute of the Sea Peru has proven evidence of greater availability of the resource, for which purpose it shall remit the recommendation with the corresponding measures to the Production ministry.

  • Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

    China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining South America's resources

    Juan Carlos Sueiro, Oceana director for Peru told Dialogo that Peru and Argentina saw ”the largest congregation of these (Chinese) vessels in the world.”

    China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining the limited abilities of South American countries to enforce their maritime boundaries, according to an article in Dialogo, a website run by US Southern Command. Countries on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts have been affected, and most of the illicit fishing activity in those areas is done by Chinese vessels.

  • Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 08:30 UTC

    UK fishing industry questions new impractical EU rules on quotas and discards

    Under previous rules, crews often discarded, into the sea, fish that took them over their quota for that species

    New European Union rules on fishing quotas could have a “grave” impact on the UK's fishing industry, a House of Lords committee has said - just a day before the new policy is introduced. Under previous rules, crews often discarded, into the sea, fish that took them over their quota for that species. But under the new policy, fishers must bring the full haul back to shore. This change is to stop fish being wasted.

  • Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

    Argentina's 2019 TACs for hoki, blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and hake

    INIDEP assessment survey was used to establish hoki, blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and common hake 2019 TACs

    Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) set the total allowable catches (TACs) for hoki, Southern blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and common hake for the year 2019. The new TACs were set on the basis of the results of the stock assessments carried out by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP).

  • Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

    Bill only allowing jigging to capture giant squid triggers controversy in Chile

    ASIPES claimed the artisanal sector is currently unable to capture its assigned quota of 160,000 tons, and is leaving 40,000 tons in the sea

    The Chilean Association of Fishing Industry (ASIPES) has expressed its “absolute concern” following the approval of a bill modifying the General Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, limiting the capture of the giant squid (Dossidicus gigas) to jigging or hand lining.

  • Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

    India planning to become a heavy weight in the global squid market

    A fishery research institutions study headed by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute throws light on the rich resource of oceanic squid (S. oualaniensis)

    The squid caught in the deep waters of the Arabian Sea may soon become an exported product from India due to the fact that the country's fishing authorities have decided to grant permission for this cephalopod jigging.

  • Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

    Gibraltar Territorial Waters remain protected against illegal fishing

    Spanish flagged vessels attempt to fish in Gibraltar waters

    The Government of Gibraltar wishes to counter the untrue claims that there has been an agreement to allow the breaking of the Rock's marine protection laws by commercial fishermen. There is absolutely no truth to these claims.