Fisheries

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 06:28 UTC

  EU fishing discards' ban policy became effective this month: challenge for industry

  

  On 1 January, the wasteful practice of throwing fish discards overboard became illegal in waters of the European Union. Scientists believe the policy will lead to more efficient fisheries and eventually boost stocks.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining South America's resources

  

  China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining the limited abilities of South American countries to enforce their maritime boundaries, according to an article in Dialogo, a website run by US Southern Command. Countries on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts have been affected, and most of the illicit fishing activity in those areas is done by Chinese vessels.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 08:39 UTC

  Bluefin tuna back in UK waters: long term ocean current warming

  

  Growing numbers of bluefin tuna are being seen in the waters around the UK because of the warming impact of a long-term ocean current say researchers. These large, speedy fish are a globally endangered species and almost disappeared from the UK around 40 years ago.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 07:49 UTC

  Falklands' fleet will have a new trawler freezer by the end of 2020

  

  Galicia's Rampesca and the Falkland Islands RBC have ordered a new 63.7 meters long and 1.500 gross tonnage freezer trawler from Nodosa Shipyard, according to shipbuilding sources in Vigo. The new vessel is expected to replace the “Castelao”, and construction will begin this January. It will replicate much of the recently delivered “Monteferro”.

• Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  UK fishing industry questions new impractical EU rules on quotas and discards

  

  New European Union rules on fishing quotas could have a “grave” impact on the UK's fishing industry, a House of Lords committee has said - just a day before the new policy is introduced. Under previous rules, crews often discarded, into the sea, fish that took them over their quota for that species. But under the new policy, fishers must bring the full haul back to shore. This change is to stop fish being wasted.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 21:12 UTC

  Argentina appoints an auditor/administrator at INIDEP to “normalize activities”

  

  Argentina has appointed an auditor/administrator for the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), former R/Admiral Marcelo Lobbosco, who was head of Buenos Aires province ports. During his 180-day term (with a possible extension of another 180 days), and according to Decree 1127, Lobbosco must try to overcome the staff disputes which have impeded the normal activity of research cruises.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Another outbreak of ISA in Chilean Patagonia salmon farms

  

  Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA) has established zoning areas following the detection and outbreak of the ISA virus, Infectious Salmon Anemia at Rowlett 749 center in the Patagonia Aysén Region.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Argentina's 2019 TACs for hoki, blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and hake

  

  Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) set the total allowable catches (TACs) for hoki, Southern blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and common hake for the year 2019. The new TACs were set on the basis of the results of the stock assessments carried out by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP).

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Bill only allowing jigging to capture giant squid triggers controversy in Chile

  

  The Chilean Association of Fishing Industry (ASIPES) has expressed its “absolute concern” following the approval of a bill modifying the General Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, limiting the capture of the giant squid (Dossidicus gigas) to jigging or hand lining.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  India planning to become a heavy weight in the global squid market

  

  The squid caught in the deep waters of the Arabian Sea may soon become an exported product from India due to the fact that the country's fishing authorities have decided to grant permission for this cephalopod jigging.