Fisheries

• Sunday, June 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  EU plans hiking aid per fishing vessel to help with fuel cost

  The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday proposed increasing fishing sector aid up to EUR 100,000 (from 30.000 EUR) per vessel, instead of per company – as is the case today - in order to alleviate the effect of rising fuel prices.

• Saturday, June 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina bans all fishing in S. Atlantic Burwood Bank

  Argentina banned all fishing activities to the south of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and to the east of the Isla de los Estados in an area dominated by the Burwood bank. The ban, “total and permanent” was decided to preserve biodiversity in the area and in the framework of commitments agreed with FAO.

• Wednesday, June 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  ISA has reached salmon farms in Magallanes Region

  Salmon Infectious Anemia (ISA) which has been ravaging the salmon industry in Chile has reached the extreme south region of Magallanes, according to the country's Fisheries Service.

• Tuesday, June 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Outlook for hake in South Atlantic remains “worrisome”

  

  The situation of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) is extremely worrying in the South Atlantic as “low recruitment levels in the last three years are having an effect on the brood stock biomass” according to Argentina's Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) Research Director Otto Wohler.

• Thursday, June 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Whale hunting ban is not enough to protect sanctuary”

  

  A recent proposal to make Chile's entire coastline as a no-hunt whale sanctuary may not be enough to safeguard Chile's whales, according to world-renowned marine biologist and conservationist advocate Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Transport strikes behind looming fresh fish shortage

  Madrid's central market 'Mercamadrid' reported 89 per cent fewer trucks arriving with fresh fish shipments on Tuesday. Usually 90 vehicles enter and supply the market but on Tuesday only 10 entered, market authorities announced.

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Worldwide: the unpredictable future of seafood prices

  The rising costs of energy, metals, manpower, transport, and so on, have conspired with the unfavourable foreign exchange developments of the year to make it an altogether tough time for the global seafood industry. Still, despite many sector hardships, the picture is hardly consistent.

• Thursday, June 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Fishermen clash with police in Brussels over fuel prices

  Police clashed Wednesday with hundreds of fishermen protesting against the high cost of fuel outside the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels reported BBC.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  ISA virus outbreaks keep spreading in Chilean salmon farms

  The Salmon Infectious Anemia, ISA, virus keeps spreading in Chile according to the latest release from the country's Sernapesca, (Nacional Fisheries Service) reports the press from Puerto Montt.

• Monday, June 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Half of world fish trade sourced by developing countries

  

  Driven by rising consumption worldwide, the international trade in fish products is expanding at a rapid pace, according to an FAO paper presented on Monday at an intergovernmental meeting in Germany.