Fisheries

Tuesday, April 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Monitoring of all Falklands licenced vessels from July

All vessels operating under a Falkland Islands fishing licence will be required to use a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) as from July, reports Penguin News.
Thursday, April 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile considering whale sanctuary along its coastline

Chile appears ever closer to declaring its entire Pacific coastline – one of the longest in the world – a whale “sanctuary.” According to government officials, President Michelle Bachelet is likely to endorse the proposal as early as June, when Chile hosts this year's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission.
Wednesday, April 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands fishing licences “based on what market stands”

Falkland Islands fishing licence fees are high because “...it has always been in everyone's interest to maximise revenue; what is raised is based on what the market can stand,” Government Director of Fisheries John Barton told Mercopress Wednesday, in response to local grumbling at the possibility of another increase in loligo licence fees.
Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Norway developing eco-friendly trawl technology

The Norwegian fisheries magnate Kjell Inge RÃ¸kke and the industry have lately spent around NOK 10 million (EUR 1.25 million) on developing eco-friendlier trawls. One trawler operating off the West coast of Norway and a shrimp trawler fishing in the Oslo fjord in Eastern Norway are helping to develop the new trawl technology.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Salmon industry controversy between Chile and NY Times

Chilean media reports that The New York Times “finally published an extract” from the letter sent by the Chilean Ambassador in United States, Mariano Fernandez relative to the Chilean salmon industry which was harshly criticized by the influential newspaper.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina tightening poaching control in South Atlantic

Argentina is beefing up patrolling in the South Atlantic to catch poachers and prevent the 201 mile plus “hundreds of vessels” from intruding into Argentine waters, report two journalists from Clarín who were invited on board a coast guard vessel on duty in the zone.
Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean salmon industry reacts to NY Times allegations

The Chilean salmon industry rejected on Tuesday to an article from The New York Times which claims that local farmers use hormones to speed growth and antibiotics to deal with the infectious anemia, ISA, outbreak.
Tuesday, April 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine squid industry demands research cruises

Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has formally requested an immediate alternative for the annual scientific cruises to assess the biomass of squid (Illex argentinus), data considered essential for the management of the fisheries.
Wednesday, March 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Australia considering new anti illegal fishing legislation

New legislation granting the Canberra government more power to crack down on illegal fishing was introduced to the Australian parliament last week by Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke.
Wednesday, March 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Senators ask for tougher measures against salmon virus

Chilean Senators are calling on authorities to take tougher measures toward preventing the ongoing spread of Infectious Salmon Anemia, ISA, a highly contagious fish virus that has caused major problems for Chile's 2.2.billion US dollars farmed industry.