Authorities in Uruguay have rejected an Australian request for a renegade fishing boat to proceed to the nearest port for inspection.
The Uruguayan flagged long-liner Viarsa 1 under hot pursuit from Australia during the last fifteen days for allegedly poaching tooth-fish is heading to Montevideo where the crew and the company will voluntarily submit themselves to Uruguayan authorities and eventually face charges.
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Honey alert in Chile; Foreigners prefer Torres del Paine; Bait for tooth-fish.
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Fisheries port for northern Brazil; Brazil opens to foreign vessels; Chilean salmon prices rocket.
Headlines: Bank charges go up; £4 million spend; North Arm loses full time teacher; Sigma contract; Re-seed field day.
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Health; BFBS; Lan Chile; GAP; Ozone; Africa; OED; Comp.
The SA Agulhas finally set sail on Tuesday (19 August) from Marion Island, and was heading at full speed to join the Australian patrol boat, the Southern Supporter, in hot pursuit of the Uruguayan vessel, Viarsa.
The Corriedale Breeders Society of Uruguay has the pleasure to organize the 12th World Corriedale Congress at the Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel, Montevideo, Uruguay, in September 2003.
South Africa has joined Australia in the hunt for a South American vessel fleeing sub-Antarctic waters with what is believed to be a valuable cargo of illegally-caught Patagonian toothfish, official said yesterday.
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LAN Chile couldn't unload the cargo; High winds moved MPA dish; Harbour news.