Fisheries

• 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.

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

  Fisheries depletion & poor management costs 50 billion USD

  

  The world's fishing fleets are losing billions of dollars each year through depleted stocks and poor management, according to a UN report. The World Bank and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) calculate the losses at 50 billion US dollars per year.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina gets tough on hake fisheries conservation

  

  Argentina has expanded and declared permanent the ban on common hake (Merluccius hubbsi,) fishing in the following quadrants of the South Atlantic: the northern half of 4160, 4260, 4261 and 4262.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  UK seafood corps target Brazil, net fish importer

  

  The representatives of a group of Humber seafood firms met with their counterpart from one of the globe's largest retailers, France's Carrefour, in a joint bid to establish trade ties with Brazil.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Warnings of South Atlantic hake fishery “imminent collapse”

  

  An Argentine non government environmental organization has warned of an “imminent fishery collapse” because of the unsustainable current rate of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) catches in the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  FAO urges industrial fishing strategies to protect seabirds

  

  Following the success of strategies to protect seabirds from longline fishing activities, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged regions using other industrial fishing techniques, such as trawl nets and gillnets, to implement safeguards in areas where seabirds are at greatest risk.

• Wednesday, September 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  EU fisheries policy failed to protect stocks; new review

  

  The European Commission has announced a full review of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, saying the current regime fails to protect fish stocks. EC says that fishermen who obey the fishing rules are being penalized by the irresponsible behavior of others who flout them.