Fisheries

• Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:25 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Survivors in Falklands, Spain sending aircraft, official mourning in Vigo

  

  The tragedy of the longliner Argos Georgia plus the loss and disappearance of thirteen mariners, and the survival of fourteen, is headline news in Galicia with the city of Vigo declaring a day of mourning and the Spanish foreign minister announcing that an Air Force aircraft will be flying Friday to the Falkland Islands to pick up Spanish crew members.

• Friday, July 26th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Montevideo port fishing vessels turn sirens on to remember fallen mariners

  

  At mid morning Thursday, fishing vessels in the port of Montevideo turned their sirens on for a few minutes to the memory of the lost mariners from longliner Argos Georgia, believed to be almost unsinkable given its sturdy complexion and modern technology, which sunk in the middle of a dramatic storm in the deep south Atlantic.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Argos Georgia rescue: 14 alive, eight dead and five missing

  

  The loss of the St Helena longliner Argos Georgia, some 170 miles from the Falkland Islands, and whatever is happening with the 27 members of its crew, mostly Spaniards from Galicia, tells a different far more tragic story of what is happening with rescue operations because of the extreme climate conditions, 35 knots wind and eight-meter tall waves.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Argos Georgia rescue: Falklands Stanley hospital ready to receive survivors

  

  The lastest update from the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority, Tuesday 23 July, 2024 approximately 15:00 hours Falklands time, said that on Monday 22 July 2024, the Maritime Authority received information that the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, with 27 persons onboard, was taking on water and requesting assistance some 200 miles east of Stanley.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 19:48 UTC

  Longliner Argos Georgia loss and crew's fate news echoed in European Parliament

  

  Following the incident that forced the Argos Georgia’s crew to abandon the vessel near the Falkland Islands, the chair of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries Carmen Crespo (EPP, ES) said:

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 16:25 UTC

  Falklands longliner rescue operation: all crew members safe in located life rafts

  

  The Falkland Islands Maritime Authority reported early Tuesday morning that longliner Argos Georgia had been lost but fortunately, all 27 crew members were able to take to life rafts, and the rescue operation is now surface-centered in recovering the dispersed rafts in extreme weather conditions but with overwatch coverage.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Falklands major operation to rescue longliner FV Argos Georgia some 200 miles east of Stanley

  

  A major rescue operation is underway to the east of the Falkland Islands to help a fishing vessel in distress. On Monday afternoon the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority received information that the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, with 27 persons onboard, was taking on water and requesting assistance some 200 miles east of Stanley.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 06:38 UTC

  Whale environmentalist and crew arrested in Greenland on Japanese warrant

  

  The Greenland police reported it had arrested environmental activist Paul Watson when his ship docked in Nuuk under an international warrant issued by Japan. The 73-year-old Canadian-American citizen has been known for engaging in direct action tactics such as confrontations with whaling ships out at sea.

• Saturday, July 20th 2024 - 12:00 UTC

  Brazilian researchers discover new shrimp species

  

  Brazilian scientists from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) have detected a new species of buffalo shrimp which they named Alpheus Coralvivo after the Living Coral Project, it was reported.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2024 - 08:43 UTC

  Salmon farming summit concludes Chile needs a state policy on the matter

  

  Chile needs “a national vision” regarding salmon farming, SalmonChile President Arturo Clément noted in his closing speech at the “Salmon Summit 2024: Empowering Chilean salmon farming to 2050” event bringing together businessmen, union leaders, and other members of society linked to the activity.