Fisheries

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 11:47 UTC

  New outbreak of toxic algae in south Chile kills causes massive death of smolt

  

  An estimated 149,000 salmon that were being transported to a site of Nova Austral located in the Magallanes Region of Chile, to be stocked, presumably died because of a toxic microalga.The company's general manager, Nicos Nicolaides, said that the death of 105,000 fish of 210 grams that were transported by the ship Don Pedro and another 44,000 fish of 420 grams carried by the ship Maria Ines, occurred near Gulf Penas.

• Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:10 UTC

  Chile creates new 11.000 km2 marine eco-region in Juan Fernandez Island

  

  The alfonsin, the orange roughy and the cod, as well as a variety of species of fragile environments, are part of the ecosystem that is now located in the new Coastal Marine Protected Area of Multiple Uses (AMCP-MU) called “Mar de Juan Fernandez”, placed in the archipelago of the same name.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 17:28 UTC

  Argentine night air patrolling reveals “city of floating lights” in the South Atlantic

  

  A floating “city” of lights belonging to hundreds of jiggers, “mostly Asians”, operating in the grey fringes of the South Atlantic Argentine Economic Exclusive Zone, EEZ, at the 200 miles borderline have been filmed and monitored night after night by Argentine navy patrol aircraft, reports the Patagonia media.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 11:19 UTC

  Spanish Supreme Court ruling on IUU toothfish operations rattles legal industry

  

  According to reports in the Spanish press, the case against Vidal Armadores, the beneficial owners of a fleet of vessels operating at various times fishing for toothfish in the Southern Ocean collapsed on a point of law.

• Monday, January 30th 2017 - 15:07 UTC

  St Helena project bans longlines and will only allow tuna fishing one at a time

  

  In order to protect their precious marine resources, the authorities of St Helena have launched a project that prohibits all types of destructive fishing gear in a wide sea area, and that only allows the fishing of tunas one at a time.

• Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 08:33 UTC

  Falklands celebrate Penguin Awareness Day, January 20

  

  January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day. The day helps raise awareness about the flightless birds whose numbers are dwindling and also aims to bring international focus on the conservation of penguin habitats.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2017 - 11:32 UTC

  South Georgia: Colossal squid features on latest titanium “marine life” coin

  

  The government and treasury of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have issued two new coins in its ongoing Marine Life series, which features some the most amazing wildlife found in and around the South Atlantic Ocean. The design, which features the colossal squid, is issued in two versions, including titanium, which is tinted to enhance the design.

• Saturday, January 14th 2017 - 08:37 UTC

  Malcorra reiterates: Argentina willing to cooperative research in the South Atlantic

  

  Foreign minister Susana Malcorra said fisheries licensing in the South Atlantic is of great concern for Argentina because of the “overall ongoing depredation”, and recalled that there is an item referred to the issue in the September UK-Argentine joint statement, which has yet to be addressed and that most probably it will follow on the identification of unknown soldiers buried in the Falklands and the additional flights issues.

• Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 06:26 UTC

  Argentina prepared to share South Atlantic fisheries scientific data, says Malcorra

  

  discuss hydrocarbon and fisheries issues in the South Atlantic with the UK, following on the road map agreed last September in the joint statement. These issues were described as “fundamental” and will be discussed in the Argentine congress, but others such as trade and navigation, do not need to be consulted with the legislative branch.

• Friday, January 6th 2017 - 10:30 UTC

  Hake ban in the shared Argentina/Uruguay River Plate and outer zone

  

  Uruguay and Argentina have imposed a hake catch ban in the shared fishing zone of the River Plate until the end of March, and also established a full twelve month catch of 50.000 tons.