Fisheries

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 07:49 UTC

  Falklands' charity “Southern Heartbeat” ensures Defibrillators for Stanley and Camp locations

  

  Falkland Islands' governor Nigel Philips hosted a reception at Government House for the newly formed local charity, “Southern Heartbeat”, which surpassing all forecasts collected sufficient funds to ensure publicly available Artificial External Defibrillators, (AED's) both in Stanley and camp locations.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine fisheries exports stable during the first half of 2019

  

  Argentina's fish, seafood and sea shell landings increased 8.8% during the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2018. Exports, on the other hand, slid 0.3% as did income generated, 2.9%, according to the latest release from the country's Fisheries Under Secretariat.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Canada to the rescue of thousands of migrating salmon blocked by a rockslide

  

  
Canada is airlifting thousands of salmon upstream after a rockslide blocked the path of the migrating fish, triggering concerns of a permanent loss of fish populations, government officials said.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Meeting in Buenos Aires of the Scientific Sub Committee of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission

  

  The elected government of the Falkland Islands reported on Friday that the Scientific Sub Committee of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission met in Buenos Aires on 17 and 18 July 2019. The SAFC was first established in 1990 and this was the third meeting to take place since the reestablishment of regular meetings in 2018.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Falklands' government and fishing industry reject MLA Spink's 'breezy' Brexit

  

  The impact of Brexit on the Falkland Islands' fishing industry could be “significant” according to the fishing industry, contradicting lawmaker MLA Roger Spink’s view in last week's Penguin News that there were measures that could be undertaken to mitigate the impact of potential tariffs.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 23:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands economy and Brexit…how tough will it be?

  

  Last week Penguin News reported on the uncertainty surrounding Brexit causing a slump in meat sales from the Falkland Islands Meat Company and lower prices.

• Sunday, July 7th 2019 - 10:38 UTC

  Honduras investigates death of 27 drowned lobster divers

  

  Honduran authorities said on Thursday they are investigating the causes of an accident in which at least 27 people died after their fishing boat sank off the Caribbean coast.

• Saturday, July 6th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentine fishing industry against granting facilities to the Chinese fleet in the South Atlantic

  

  The different chambers of the Argentine fisheries industry have joined efforts to expose alleged plans to grant the Chinese fishing fleet in the South Atlantic, “strategic corridors” in Patagonia ports for support and maintenance of their vessels, reports pescare.com.ar.

• Friday, July 5th 2019 - 04:23 UTC

  Samsung sued in Australia for misleading publicity: allegedly Galaxy phones have proven not water proof

  

  Australia's competition regulator said on Thursday it is suing the local unit of South Korea's Samsung Electronics, alleging it misled consumers by promoting its Galaxy smartphones as water resistant.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 13:12 UTC

  Hake, squid and scallops will access EU free of tariffs as soon as deal with Mercosur becomes effective

  

  Fisheries exports from Mercosur member countries which now face tariffs ranging from 8% to 15% in the European Union will see them gradually disappear during a seven-year period, according to the terms of the wide-ranging strategic trade and cooperation agreement signed this week between the two blocks.