Fisheries

• Monday, November 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine unions in conflict block all fisheries exports

  Argentine fisheries exports are stranded in the port of Buenos Aires because an ongoing conflict with fisheries unions in Mar del Plata. Over a hundred containers, valued in 8 million US dollars are paralyzed since dock workers decided a solidarity action with their fellow fisheries union.

• Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Spain-Argentine research cruise in South Atlantic

  

  Spanish and Argentine scientists have begun a joint research cruise in the South-western Atlantic on board the Spanish government fisheries support vessel “Miguel Oliver” which is scheduled to extend until December 20

• Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Hard-line Kirchner political official takes over Fisheries

  

  Argentina's Fisheries Under Secretary Geardo Nieto resigned after five years in the post and this week he will be replaced by Norberto Yahuar another close associate of former president Nestor Kirchner, according to Buenos Aires press reports.

• Friday, October 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Academic accord to promote coastal fisheries in P. Arenas

  Universidad del Mar (University of the Sea), a private institution from Punta Arenas inaugurated this week its new facilities plus the signing of an academic cooperation agreement with Chile's Fisheries Department to promote the industry in Magallanes, particularly small scale undertakings.

• Friday, October 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' police seize £ 1 million worth of cocaine in trawler

  

  The Royal Falkland Islands Police confirmed that they had made a seizure of cocaine worth over one million pounds from a fishing vessel co-owned by Spanish and local company.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina estimates off mile 210 squid catches in 253.000 tons

  

  Squid catches of jiggers and trawlers operating next to the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) limit totalled some 253,000 tonnes of squid (Illex argentinus) between February and June, according to the latest estimate released by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP).

• Monday, October 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Wild West spirit in Patagonia waters, says The Economist

  

  Under the heading of “Fishy business; Patagonia's troubled waters”, The Economist gives a realistic insight into the Argentine fishing industry and the Wild West mentality that prevails in the so-called Argentine Sea, which threatens the economic and conservation stability and future of this activity.

• Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Farmed salmon disease outbreak in Magallanes

  

  Chile's government confirmed this week that Infectious Salmon Disease (ISA) virus is present in the Magallanes Region (Region XII), more precisely at a salmon farm from Nova Austral in the Puerto Natales area, north of Punta Arenas.

• Friday, October 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Teeming biodiversity in ocean volcanoes off SE Australia

  

  CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship team has discovered hundreds of new marine species and dozens of undersea mountains, in a project to monitor the Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network off southern Tasmania.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Google 24 hour tool tracks endangered ocean habitats

  

  Conservationists working with Google Inc. have unveiled a tool that lets people view protected marine areas with the click of a mouse, a bid to harness the Internet's top search engine to raise awareness of endangered ocean habitats.