Fisheries

• Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine fisheries exports totalled 550.000 tons in 2008

  Argentina's fisheries exports in 2008 reached 550.000 tons valued 1.172 billion US dollars, which represents an increase both in volume and value (2% and 11% respectively) over the previous year according to the latest statistics released by Senasa, the country's food quality control office.

• Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina establishes TAC quotas for Patagonian scallop

  Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has fixed the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for whole and commercial-sized Patagonian scallops (Zygochlamys patagonica) in a number of Southern Sector Management Units.

• Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  FAO brokers binding accord to close ports to pirate fishing

  

  Representatives of over 80 countries have made significant progress in negotiating a binding international agreement aimed at closing ports to ships involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

• Thursday, January 29th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Poachers beware: new tech. monitoring Falklands waters

  

  Developments in satellite and communications technology combined with new fisheries legislation have given the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department the opportunity to add new aids to the monitoring and tracking of fishing vessels in the Falkland Islands fishery.

• Friday, January 23rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Pod of 50 sperm whales stranded off Tasmania; 2 survive

  

  A pod of 50 sperm whales beached themselves on Australia's southern island state of Tasmania overnight, but only two of the whales survived, wildlife officials said on Friday.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Low prices high costs threaten Argentine squid industry

  

  Argentina's squid sector is “hopeful, yet concerned” about the season which is scheduled to begin in a few days time, said Fernando Georgiadis, chairman of the country's Chamber of Jigger Vessels, CAPA in an interview with FIS.

• Friday, January 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  UK expedition to study hot water vents in Antarctica

  United Kingdom scientists are set to be the first to investigate in detail the creatures living around hot water vents surrounding Antarctica. The team is scheduled to join the British Antarctic Survey's research ship the RRS James Clark Ross in Puenta Arenas, Chile.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  On his last days Bush turns advocate of maritime monuments

  A vast swathe of the Pacific, including an area near New Zealand territory, has been declared part of a United States national maritime monument. President George Bush, in the dying days of his administration, made the startling declaration by saying in the White House “we're fixing to do some fabulous policy”.

• Monday, January 5th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Japan calls for no re-fueling of whaling activists' vessels

  

  Japanese whalers are pressing for Australian and New Zealand authorities to refuse port entry to Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activists “terrorist ship” when they return from the Antarctic to refuel.

• Saturday, December 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  EU compromise on fishing quotas and reduced discard nets

  EU ministers agreed this week to a 30% increase in next year's fishing quota for North Sea cod, but will reduce catches for several other species. The quotas are a compromise between environmental groups, who say some fish stocks are on the verge of collapse, and fishermen who fear for their jobs.