Fisheries

• 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.

• Sunday, December 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Search operation for crew members of sunken fishing vessel

  Two crew members from a Korean fishing vessel that sunk in the South Atlantic at mid week remain unaccounted for in spite of the intense search and rescue operation.