Fisheries

• Thursday, November 15th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Australians fear for only known white humpback whale

  

  Australians fear that the world's only known white humpback whale could be slaughtered as Japan's whaling fleet prepares to embark on its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean, reports the Sydney press.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Mar del Plata fish landings drop 4.5% in ten months

  

  Fish and shell fish landings at Mar del Plata, Argentina's main South Atlantic fishing port totalled 368.859, tons in the first ten months of the year, which represents a 4.5% drop compared to the same period a year ago.

• Monday, November 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Non-Falklands ship listings to change

  

  The criteria for listing non-Falklands flagged vessels will be revamped as a result of the European Union, Executive Committee (ExCo) recently filed application requesting a definition of economic ties between vessels and companies for transparency.

• Thursday, November 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Scathing report on Chile's booming salmon industry

  

  The environmental NGO Ecoceanos this week released a scathing report on Chile's 2.2 billion US dollars farmed salmon industry, the world's second largest after Norway.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' fishing companies associate to 'work together'

  

  Fifteen fishing companies on Tuesday night became members of the Falkland Islands Fishing Company Association (FIFCA) at their inaugural Annual General Meeting.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Protection Vessel HMS Clyde Open Day Saturday 10

  

  The Royal Navy's first Offshore Patrol Vessel and Falkland Islands Protection Vessel HMS Clyde will hold an Open Day at Stanley's FIPASS on Saturday 10 November 2007 between 13:00 – 16:00 hrs, announced Gilbert House.

• Monday, October 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Scientific Spanish vessel researching in South Atlantic

  

  A state of the art Spanish fisheries research vessel currently in Punta Arenas is scheduled to collect sea bed and water samples in the South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands before heading for Montevideo.

• Friday, October 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chilean coastal fishermen protest depletion of hake

  Chilean fishermen used public debates in the coastal town of Valparaiso Wednesday as a forum to criticize Chile's fishing policies. The debates, titled “Who sells you fish,” focused on the current depletion of the hake population along Chile's coasts.

• Thursday, October 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  EU reiterates commitment with conservation of oceans and seas

  

  The president of the European Commission (EC), Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, has emphasised that the fight against environmental deterioration of the oceans and seas is an urgent matter and that Brussels will impose new measures in the case that the current policies are insufficient or inefficient.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Seminar on climate change challenges for Chilean fisheries

  

  The abundance of cuttlefish along the Chilean coast and the constant threat to hake and other commercial marine species are some of the possible consequences of global climate change mentioned in a recent scientific gathering held Santiago.