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Falklands’ denies political impact of Argentine South Georgia scientific cruise

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:23:00 GMT

News this week that Argentina had decided to undertake fisheries research in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is not connected in any way to the Falklands, Acting Governor Sandra Tyler-Haywood has assured.

Falklands/South Georgia dispute placed by Argentina under the CCALMR umbrella

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:42:00 GMT

The Buenos Aires media is reporting a potential incident situation in South Georgia waters which could erupt into something more complicated from the moment the Argentine research vessel ‘Eduardo Holmberg’ has been involved in scientific activities in a zone which last year was declared by the UK as a Maritime Protected Area, MPA, and which Argentina does not recognize since it considers it ‘an area in dispute’.

South Georgia ‘area’ will be surveyed by Argentine scientific research vessel

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:28:00 GMT

Argentina’s scientific research vessel “Dr. Eduardo L. Holmberg” left on Friday from Mar del Plata for the South Georgia area for a thirty day cruise in the framework of the Convention for the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources, CCAMLR, reports the Foreign Ministry from Buenos Aires.

Argentina wants to cut Falklands’ squid catches flooding the area with jiggers

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:54:00 GMT

Argentina is planning the incorporation of Chinese jiggers to catch Illex squid next season, a decision rejected by the local fishing chambers but which according to the Buenos Aires financial media is linked to the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands and surrounding waters.

Argentina to apply new software for quantifying international jigger fleet

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:19:00 GMT

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.

Argentina bans hake and squid fisheries; Auditing office confirms over-fishing

Fri, 27 May 2011 08:20:00 GMT

Argentina suspended the hake season in the south of Patagonia and banned squid operations following on scientific reports of over fishing that have considerably limited catches of both species said industry sources following an official audit which questions government fisheries controls.

Argentina’s high expectations for the squid season are rapidly fading

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:22:00 GMT

Encouraging expectations for the Illex argentinus squid season appear to be fading in Argentina. Following a start with good catches and high expectations, the average daily output of squid is now only around five tons in the area between parallels 44º and 46º South Atlantic.

Alarming contraction of hake biomass in Argentine breeding grounds

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:35:00 GMT

The breeding grounds of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) located in the San Jorge gulf, Argentine Patagonia are showing alarming signs of a loss of biomass, concludes a report authored by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, (INIDEP).