Argentina demands UK flagged vessels with toothfish licenses in South Georgia be listed as IUU

Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

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British flagged fishing vessels are illegally operating in South Georgia waters, with illegitimate licenses awarded by the United Kingdom, and outside of the multilateral agreement which rules operations in those fisheries, according to a formal complaint from the Argentine foreign ministry made public. Read full article

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Terence Hill
“This season no agreement was reached to allow for the catch of toothfish”
British flagged fishing vessels are operating in South Georgia waters, under scoring the failure of Convention. Since they can´t reach a consensus it’s an automatic default to previous practices. Otherwise it will only benefit obstructionists.
Jun 27th, 2022 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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RedBaron
Brexit means Brexit. Maybe Boris thought he was also leaving the CCAMLR in addition to the EU so he could justify British independence in fishing rights as well. Either that or the UK government simply doesn't give a f”*% any more about anything and anyone.
Jun 27th, 2022 - 11:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tænk
The UK government has never given a f”*% about anything and anyone foreign..., Hr. RoteBaron...

Let's just look at the last few weeks......, shall we...?
- Julian Assange..., Kaputt...
- UK's Rwandan Asylum Seekers..., KZ Lager...
- European Court of Human Rights..., rauss aus dem Haus...

Haben Sie verstanden...?
Jun 27th, 2022 - 01:49 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
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Terence Hill
“But Russia’s obstruction of longstanding conservation efforts, resulting in a unilateral rejection of catch limits for the Chilean sea bass in a protected region near Antarctica,
Meanwhile, the U.K. has shown no sign of backing down. Even with no conservation measure in place, it insists it will continue to operate the fishery in the conservative way it always has, basing its decisions on the quota and other guidelines proposed by commission scientists.”

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-politics-georgia-fish-chile-423f61c61cdcd46f524a7262a7e10366
Jun 27th, 2022 - 01:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Dirk Dikkler
Remember that the UK has not issued any License to Fish in the South Atlantic ! The FIG Has as its in its Economic Zone to do so.
Jun 27th, 2022 - 02:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Terence Hill
“Argentina is undertaking strong actions in defense of the multilateral regime and preserving its national policy in respect of the Malvinas Question. Following on this, Argentina recently reaffirmed its position in the Antarctic Treaty Consultive Meeting, ”

There's something definitely fishy about their behavior.
Jun 27th, 2022 - 02:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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