Argentina’s commercial hake fishery has “two years left”

Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:10 UTC

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Over the last 20 years abundance of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) has declined 80% in the Southwest Atlantic as a result of over-fishing, claims Argentina’s Fundación Vida Silvestre, Wild Life Foundation, (FVSA). Read full article

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jorge!
You have to add to the article that we cannot control the pirate ships fishing in our waters with UK protection.
Jun 05th, 2010 - 09:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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J.A. Roberts
Jorgebobo, nobody fishes in your waters with UK protection. What an absurd statement to make...
Jun 06th, 2010 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hoytred
Can't the Argentine fishermen buy licences from the Falkland Islands so they can fish in British waters ? :-)
Jun 07th, 2010 - 07:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rhaurie-Craughwell
Jigaboo, this Hake collapse is in Argentine waters not Falklands ones, you see the Falklands have this fishery protection and sustainability programme which means they let in who they want and when they want, and make sure those who have liscences stick to the agreement in what is regarded alongside the nordic countries the most strictly controlled fishing regime in the world

Argentina however does not have the benefit of such a sophisticated policy because unlike the Falklands a majority of Argentines do not rely upon fishing as a staple diet nor even a living, whereas the Falklands do, so thus no incentive to control an industry which benefits a small % of Argentina.

Sorry Jorgeboo this is Argentina's own doing, if you take out more from the sea for maximum profit without any proper control or regulation it goes wrong.

Perhaps in this case Jorgeboo when this fishing sector has collapsed in Argentina, a more open minded willing Argentine government will accept offers from “Pirate” expertise to make sure you don' commit self inflicted environmental catastrophe like your country has done?

Call them Pirates all you want but the facts speak for themselves the “pirates and squatters” have sustained a profitable industry for over 20 years within a smaller area and latest figures show that fish stocks in the islands have been maintained at 80% continually in that period, whereas you have depleted yours by that number in the same period in an area 10 times the size.

ps Pirates and squatters don't fish Hake, they fish squid LOL you are none to bright and a failed medical experiment JIgaboo :)
Jun 07th, 2010 - 04:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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agent0060
Could someone explain why it is appropriate for FVSA to urge Argentine consumers not to buy hake fillets less than 25cm in length? By the time the consumer gets around to making a purchase decision the fish is already dead, no matter what length it is? Surely it would be better to simply close down specific hake fishing for, say, 5 years? For that period, the hake caught during shrimp fishing and, apparently, discarded could be landed instead.
Jun 07th, 2010 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tim
Jorge - dont forget WHO walked out and away from the joint fisheries conservation agreements and meetings covering fishing in the South West Atlantic? Who cancelled their participation in joint research fishing trials at the start of each season to monitor stocks on the high seas and in BOTH zones? I,ll give you a clue - the name began with K...!
And all this work was about CONSERVATION - nothing to do with politics. A nation gets the harvest it sows.
That same nation even tries tricks to get us excluded from international fisheries conventions and dare not admit that the Falklands is a world leader in slashing seabird mortality by fishing vessels. Albatross deaths are now down to virtually zero on our side.
Jun 08th, 2010 - 01:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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alexius
1# Jorge...
All my investigations and informations tells me , that the people in Falkland Islands protect their environment and nature in a most admirable way. (maximum priority, because they know the value a clean , non-pollutioned and non-exploited environment ,means so much to them , and they want it to continue and be inherited by the next generations!)
If i am wrong please tell (remember examples and argumentations and FACTS!)
Do you have good arguments and facts, which prove otherwise?
Jun 11th, 2010 - 09:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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