Fisheries

• Tuesday, March 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Incredible scientific finds in Ross Sea cruise survey

  

  Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of Antarctic waters close to New Zealand were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish, and fields of ”sea lilies

• Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Herbivorous fish can help save the Great Barrier Reef corals

  

  A healthy fish population could be the key to ensuring coral reefs survive the impacts of climate change, pollution, over fishing and other threats. Australian scientists found that some fish act as “lawnmowers”, keeping coral free of kelp and unwanted algae.

• Monday, March 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  US vessel to survey Argentine waters

  

  The Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) unanimously decided to authorise the US-flagged Nathaniel Palmer for “[the undertaking of] marine scientific research activities in maritime areas subject to sovereign or national jurisdiction.”

• Thursday, March 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  A dolphin saves two stranded whales in New Zealand beach

  

  A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become stranded on a beach in New Zealand. Conservation officer Malcolm Smith told the BBC that he and a group of other people had tried in vain for an hour and a half to get the whales to sea.

• Monday, March 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean salmon industry faces new challenge

  

  An association of 16 fishermen groups from Chilean Patagonia is calling on President Michelle Bachelet to freeze expansion of Chile's lucrative but environmentally-suspect farmed salmon industry.

• Sunday, March 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands “flurry of interest” in illex licences similar 2006

  FORTY illex licenses have been taken up so far and there has been a recent “flurry of interest”, the Falkland Islands Director of Fisheries has reported.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  First Week of the Blue Whale on Chiloé Island

  Starting this week Chile's Center for Cetacean Conservation is sponsoring the first celebration of the Week of the Blue Whale in Ancud, on island of Chiloé. The event is part of an international program in which over 400 coastal communities around the world mark the seasonal visits of various whale species.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Low prices, soaring costs, discourage Argentine jiggers

  

  Argentina's squid season has had a poor start threatened by a weak demand and low prices, reports the newspaper El Chubut, from Puerto Madryn in the Patagonian province of Chubut.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean salmon crisis forces sacking of Fisheries head

  

  Ongoing problems affecting Chile's once booming salmon industry have prompted a shake up in the National Fishing Service (SERNAPESCA), the Chilean government body responsible for overseeing all fishing activity in the country.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Krill live deep in Antarctic waters, study discovers

  

  Scientists have discovered Antarctic krill living and feeding at crushing depths of 3,000 metres in waters around the Antarctic Peninsula, a study says.