Fisheries

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 02:58 UTC

  Chile threatens to cut provisions to foreign vessels in high seas fishing

  

  Chile has warned that if the current talks with the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Organization, RFO (*), prove “unsatisfactory”, the ‘tabula rasa’ resource of Decree 123 will be applied, effectively outlawing provisioning of foreign vessels at all Chilean ports.

• Saturday, September 26th 2009 - 02:27 UTC

  Iceland planning to export 1.500 tons of whale meat to Japan

  

  The company behind Iceland's fin whaling industry is planning a huge export of whale meat to Japan. This summer, Hvalur hf caught 125 fins - a huge expansion on previous years.

• Friday, September 25th 2009 - 03:25 UTC

  International Excopesca 2009 attracts 100 exhibitors to Mar del Plata

  

  The second edition of Argentina’s Excopesca 2009 was opened this week at the Mar del Plata Exposition Centre. The international fishing and aquaculture industry event set to run through Saturday has attracted some 100 exhibitors representing the entire fishing industry chain of value: catch, processing, cold storage and logistics plus other sectors linked to the industry.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 08:29 UTC

  New Japanese government confirms whale hunting policy

  

  Japan’s new centre-left government has urged Australia to help prevent violent attacks by activists on Japanese whalers as it stood by the country's traditional support for whaling, an official says.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 - 05:25 UTC

  Fishing exhibition in Spain closes with 500 million Euros in business contracts

  

  Companies that participated in the sixth edition of the World Fishing Exhibition (WFE) that was held in Vigo between 16 and 19 September, closed contracts worth around EUR 500 million. According to the fishing fair organisation, this number could be higher when the complete balance of all the exhibitors is tallied.

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 03:38 UTC

  Spain proposes strict fisheries sustainable management rules

  

  Spanish Minister of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM), Elena Espinosa reiterated her government’s commitment to ensure the sustainability of marine resources and deemed it “crucial” to forge “rules of the game” that ensure “a sustainable management” in the international arena.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 20:06 UTC

  Top marks for South Georgia fishery management

  

  SOUTH Georgia has been marked as the third highest scoring fishery in the world in terms of good management.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 21:58 UTC

  Argentina protests Falklands participation in fishing summit

  

  FALKLANDS delegates at an important fisheries conference in Spain were infuriated this morning by an Argentine protest against their participation. The First World Summit on Fishing Sustainability is taking place in Baiona, Pontevedra.

• Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 08:33 UTC

  Argentina reports terrible squid season and lack of data on resource evolution

  

  The squid (Illex argentinus) season in Argentine waters closed with one of the worst records in recent history. Official statistics reveal that 61,249.4 tons were landed between January 1 and September 4, equivalent to 24.3% of the 251,892.7 tons landed between January and September 11 of 2008.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 22:19 UTC

  FAO: New treaty will leave fish pirates without safe haven

  

  91 FAO Members have agreed on an international agreement to implement “port state measures” to combat illegal fishing.