Fisheries

Friday, January 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Royal Navy agrees to fisheries deal for shipbuilders

Britain's Royal Navy fishery patrol ships received a new lease on life when the Ministry of Defence settled a GBP 52 million (USD 101 million) deal with Portsmouth shipbuilders. The new contract with VT Group effectively guarantees that the HMS Tyne, HMS Severn and HMS Mersey will remain at sea until the end of 2013.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Real-time positions of fishing vessels available on-line

The Undersecretariat of Fishing and Development Activities of the Delta Area is now publishing on its web site maps that show the real-time positions of fishing vessels equipped with satellite monitoring devices, the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs (MAA) reported.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina establishes hake TAC of 340.000 tons

Argentina's Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Secretariat, SAGP y A, established a total 2007 allowable catch, TAC, of 340.000 tons of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) which is 10.5% lower than last year's TAC of 380.000 tons.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard arrest Taiwanese jigger

A Taiwanese flagged vessel was arrested by the Argentine Coast Guard accused of fishing inside Argentina's EEZ and is currently en route to Comodoro Rivadavia.
Tuesday, January 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Summer hake ban in common fishing zone

The Maritime Front Joint Technical Commission (CTMFM) has set the summer ban for common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in the common fishing zone (CFZ) shared by Argentina and Uruguay, between 1 January and 31 march 2007.
Wednesday, December 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine fisheries exports 510.000 tons in ten months

Argentine fisheries exports (sea and fluvial; fresh and processed) during the first ten months of 2006 totaled 510.223 tons representing over a billion US dollars, according to the latest report from Senasa, Agro-food Health and Quality Service
Wednesday, December 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
After six years Morocco and EU agree on fisheries

Morocco's parliament unanimously ratified this week the fisheries agreement with the European Union which entitles 119 EU fishing vessels to operate in the North African country's waters.
Monday, December 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina determined to ban double fishing licences

A reform of an Argentine law that would force many foreign companies to drop the fishing permits granted to them by the British-controlled Falklands/Malvinas Islands will be passed next April, Congressional sources in Buenos Aires told MercoPress.
Monday, December 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Korean fishing vessel survivors arrive in Montevideo

Twenty eight of the 34 crew members of the South Korean flagged fishing vessel Insung 207, which was lost in the South Atlantic, arrived in Montevideo over the weekend together with the bodies of four dead comrades.
Monday, December 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Chile's fisheries exports on track to 1.5 billion US dollars

Chile's fisheries exports reached 1.24 billion US dollars during the first ten months of 2006, which represents a 7.9% increase over the same period a year ago according to the country's National Fisheries Society, Sonapesca.