Funds from confiscated illegal fish used to combat poachers in Southern Ocean

Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 06:27 UTC

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Funds generated by the sale of fish confiscated from a vessel that had been poaching in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Island’s Fishery Zone (SGFZ) are being put to good use to fight illegal fishing elsewhere in the Southern Ocean. Read full article

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Boovis
Any ships caught carrying out this behaviour should just be confiscated, end of.
Sep 15th, 2012 - 09:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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toooldtodieyoung
1 Boovis

But then the Argentine fishing industry would collapse when their entire fishing fleet is tied up in Port Stanly harbour............
Sep 15th, 2012 - 10:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Vulcanbomber
Perhaps thats the way to do it. Then re-appropriate those vessels for the benefit of the falklands people.
Sep 15th, 2012 - 12:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Do the AGs really risk an approach from the UK Navy?
Sep 15th, 2012 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pirat-Hunter
South America should jump into the protection of the Antarctic fishing as well and profit from illegal fishing to set up their own policy as UK is actively doing, This is aimed at the exploitation of all natural resources in Antarctica as it happens in Malvinas Argentina. Wake up America,No wonder the dollar is in a rot. While USA waste money with wars in the middle east UK carves 13 of the planets natural resources for themselves in Antarctica. There is already a international law for fishing in Antarica, simple

NO fishing!
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#4 we know, it's evident. If Brits get away with setting their laws in south America or Antarctica, south America will end up like the middle east or Africa for the next 100 Years.
Sep 15th, 2012 - 05:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@5

Not the Brits fishing in their own waters, your bunch of thieves fishing in our waters.

If a Royal Navy ship catches them it will be who would have thoght that!

Haven't the Canadians chucked you out yet or are you in BsAs even now?

Ha, ha, ha idiota.
Sep 15th, 2012 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
now we know who the real pirates are, pirate .
Sep 15th, 2012 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Islander1
Folks- FI Fisheries have indeed sunk an illegal vessel - a few years ago- Its owners would not own up and pay the fines - so the catch was confiscated, all the fishing gear and anything useful off the vessel, all the fule pumped out and confiscated - then the empty hull was taken out to sea and sunk.
Since then there has not been a major problem! - wonder why?
Have no doubt SG fishery would do exactly the same if needed.

PratHunter- Do let me know then why is it that the Fisheries zones around here and SGeorgia are regarded as some of the best managed in the world?
Why is Toothfish (merlo?) from the SouthG. waters with its CCAMLAR certificate so highly sought after worldwide?
Sep 15th, 2012 - 10:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Lord Ton
'Malvinas Argentinas' - isn't that a district in Buenos Aires ?? Are they renowned for their fishing there?? Ot do you mean the stadium - waterloigged is it ?? Or the shopping centre ??

So many 'Malvinas Argentinas' in Argentina - just none in the South Atlantic !
Sep 16th, 2012 - 02:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
#9 Mainland Argentina is in the South Atlantic!
Sep 16th, 2012 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Frank
@9 'In' ????
No wonder those peronistas are so wet.........

I thought it was 'in' South America
Sep 17th, 2012 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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