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Montevideo, April 26th 2024 - 04:56 UTC

Tag: marine environment

  • Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

    Falkland Islands detailed Consultation Report on Marine Managed Areas

    FIG ran a consultation from 23 March to 1 May to help with proposals for Marine Managed Areas (MMAs), which set aside areas for special protection

    The unique marine environment of the Falkland Islands is important to our community, supporting our biodiversity and the economy of the Islands. The Falkland Islands Government ran a consultation from 23 March to 1 May to help us with our consideration of proposals for Marine Managed Areas (MMAs), which set aside areas for special protection. MMAs could play an important role in caring for and managing our marine environment for current and future generations.

  • Monday, December 18th 2017 - 13:12 UTC

    Chile bans bottom sea trawling in 98% of its EEZ to protect marine environment

    The fishing footprint was determined on the historical operation of the fleet of both fisheries, common hake and demersal crustaceans - in a period of 15 and 16 years. Photo: Brian Skerry

    Chile's Under secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture, SUBPESCA, and Oceana Chile jointly announced the freezing of the fishing footprint for the common hake and demersal crustacean fisheries. This means that 98% of Chile's exclusive economic zone, EEZ, will be protected from bottom trawling.