Fisheries

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 04:07 UTC

  Argentine squid catches “very poor”: half last year’s season

  

  Illex squid catches and landings in Argentine ports are considerably less than last season claims the Argentine industry, which is corroborated by official statistics from the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishery, and Food (SAGP&A).

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 07:46 UTC

  Following survey Argentina rotates hake ban areas

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council (FFC) has advised opening the 4160 North statistical quadrant of the common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) fishery, while closing the 4764 South quadrant, on the basis of findings from the last commercial hake survey

• Tuesday, March 24th 2009 - 13:14 UTC

  Vietnam targets Brazil and Chile as seafood markets

  

  Vietnamese businesses are looking to South America for new market opportunities for a range of competitive products, including seafood, trade officials said. Brazil has authorized 60 Vietnamese companies to export fish products to the country the Vietnam Trade Office in Brazil confirmed, reports Vietnam Net.

• Thursday, March 19th 2009 - 05:18 UTC

  Argentine squid fleet complains about costs, poor catches and unfair competition

  

  Companies dedicated to squid (Illex argentinus) fishing still find themselves in a critical situation mainly due to an increase in fishing costs, warned this week the head of the Argentine Chamber of Jigger Fishing Vessels Shipowners (CAPA), Fernando Georgiadis.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 07:07 UTC

  Brazil adheres to FAO sponsored high-seas fishing agreement

  

  Brazil openly backed the Compliance Agreement of the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which aims to promote compliance of international conservation and governance measures by fishing vessels that operate on the high seas, as well as combat poaching activities.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 04:49 UTC

  Falklands: Fisheries research vessel chosen

  

  FOLLOWING a successful tender process, Executive Council agreed to recommend to Standing Finance Committee (SFC) that the Falkland Islands registered trawler, Castelo, should be contracted to provide fisheries research facilities to the Government Fisheries Department.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC

  Chilean salmon production forecasted to drop 40% this year

  

  With Chile's farmed salmon production expected to drop between 40 and 50% this year, Chilean producers can only hope that the price of the fish – as it has in recent months – continues to rise.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC

  FAO tells fishing industry to prepare for climate change

  

  The world fishing industry and government authorities must plan ahead to deal with the impact of climate change on fisheries worldwide, according to a new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO report.

• Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC

  Higher prices spur value of Argentine fisheries exports

  

  The volume of Argentine fish and shellfish exports last year rose 3.2%, but in value posted a significant 17.6% increase over 2007, according to official statistics from the Fisheries Under Secretariat.

• Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC

  Falklands and Prince celebrate success of albatross campaign

  

  At a formal reception at Clarence House in London on Monday February 23rd HRH the Prince of Wales, who has long been concerned about the dramatic decline of the albatross, heard that 18 of the world's 22 species threatened with extinction have a brighter future thanks to the efforts of the Albatross Task Force (ATF).