Fisheries

• Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Record levels of Illex activity reported in the Falklands

  

  Berkeley Sound in the Falkland Islands, a large natural harbour to the north of Stanley and within relatively easy reach by launch, is where boats fishing within the Islands' Conservation Zones, or on the high seas, come when their freezer holds are full to transfer their catches to larger refrigerated cargo ships or 'reefers'.

• Monday, May 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Vessels quit fishing squid for lack of markets

  

  Abundance in offer added to the lack of new markets and storage space for squid (Illex argentinus) landings, is driving vessels belonging to companies of Galician capital operating in Argentine waters away from the fishery grounds once their cargo space is filled.

• Monday, May 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  International Whaling Commission opens four-day meeting

  

  Subsistence whaling has sustained Alaska native communities for centuries and renewal of their five-year bowhead whale quota is crucial, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said Monday at the opening of the International Whaling Commission meeting.

• Sunday, May 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Scientists call on WTO to slash fishing subsidies

  

  A group of 125 international marine scientists on Thursday called on the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to push for a global agreement that slashes subsidies paid by many countries to their fishing industries.

• Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Extinction threatens 15% of European mammal species

  

  The first assessment of all European mammals, commissioned by the European Commission and carried out by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), shows that nearly one in every six mammal species is now threatened with extinction.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Japan, Iceland and Denmark challenge anti whaling lobby

  

  While the anti-whaling lobby appears to be heading for a clear majority at next week's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Alaska opponents to Japan's “scientific” whaling programme say more needs to be done.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Increasing threat to sea mammals from climate change

  

  Whales, dolphins and porpoises are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and World Wildlife Fund ahead of the 59th meeting of the International Whaling Commission.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sharks, sawfish, eels in WWF list of top ten endangered species

  

  Ahead of the world's major meeting on wildlife trade WWF released its list of top ten species needing urgent global action to reduce threats from trade.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean salmon and trout exports up 19% in first quarter

  Chile's salmon and trout exports jumped 19% in the first quarter of 2007, compared to the same period a year ago totaling 713 million US dollars according to the latest release from the Chilean Salmon Industry, SalmonChile.

• Thursday, May 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Astonishment over missing fishermen in Falklands waters.

  

  Acting Chief of Police in the Falkland Islands, Inspector Len McGill, told Mercopress on Tuesday, that he had no reason to believe that two crewmen who had jumped from a Taiwanese jigger in Berkeley Sound had suffered mistreatment or physical abuse.