Fisheries

• Wednesday, January 4th 2017 - 09:02 UTC

  UK implements another phase of landing obligation to boost sustainable fishing

  

  UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice announced more actions to boost sustainable fishing, with the entry into force of the next phase of the discard ban for demersal species. This landing obligation requires fishermen to unload everything they catch, and will help to put an end to the wasteful practice of throwing dead fish back overboard.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 19:41 UTC

  Magallanes salmon harvest reaches 68.000 tons in 2016

  

  Salmon farming production in Magallanes region, extreme south of Chile reached 68.000 tons in 2016, a 30% increase over the previous year, according to Drago Covacich, head of the Magallanes Salmon and Trout farmers.

• Thursday, December 29th 2016 - 19:58 UTC

  Falklands' fisheries and oil issues must be discussed with the Argentine congress, warns lawmaker Carrió

  

  All issues linked to fisheries and hydrocarbons in the Falklands/Malvinas must be discussed and approved by Congress, warned Argentina's chair of the foreign affairs committee adding that if necessary the officials involved, who ignore the legislative will be summoned and sacked with a no confidence vote and political trial.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2016 - 01:12 UTC

  Falklands' additional air link to South America has a target launch date: October 2017

  

  Argentina, United Kingdom and Falkland Islands representatives have agreed on a process for an additional air service to the Falklands, from either Brazil or Chile, with a target launch date of October 2017, and likewise will address scientific data exchange in relation to fish stocks in the South Atlantic, particularly regarding the migratory Illex stock.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2016 - 16:17 UTC

  Sorry, “no fish and chips, what about some squid and chips”; UK waters warming

  

  The traditional British fish supper could be replaced by the likes of squid as the waters around the UK's shores grow warmer, say government scientists. Squid and other fish that thrive in warmer waters, such as sardines and anchovy, are flourishing around the North Sea, according to fisheries data. Squid are now being caught at 60% of survey stations in the North Sea, compared with 20% in the 1980s, but the likes of cod are heading north, away from British waters.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 09:53 UTC

  Two Chinese large-scale jiggers heading for the SW Atlantic, announces Pingtan

  

  China's Pingtan Marine has announced the launch of two new squid jiggers, bound for the southwest Atlantic and southeast Pacific oceans. The two newly-completed vessels should reach fishing grounds by late December, and sales of squid catches are then expected to begin in the first quarter of 2017.

• Friday, December 2nd 2016 - 09:09 UTC

  New Zealand sends patrol vessel to help combat illegal fishing in Ross Sea

  

  Patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington departs on Sunday for the Southern Ocean from Dunedin to monitor the annual fishing season in the Ross Sea region in an attempt to stamp out illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the area.

• Friday, December 2nd 2016 - 08:56 UTC

  Peruvian aquaculture expanding at an annual 20% rate

  

  Aquaculture activity grows at an annual average of more than 20% in Peru, ranking among the countries with the greatest increase of this activity in Latin America.“Our country is an important player in the supply of inputs for the world’s aquaculture industry, it is not foreign to the growth trends that this activity presents in the world. We changed from a production of 6,596 tons in the year 2000 to 115,271 tons in 2014,” said Vice Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Hector Soldi.

• Friday, December 2nd 2016 - 07:58 UTC

  Strong interest for Falklands' squid licenses, despite poor catches in 2016

  

  Despite a dismal last season for Illex fishing in the Falkland Islands, with very low catches, interest in licenses for the coming season is holding up and the process is likely to be oversubscribed, confirmed MLA Phyl Rendell last week.

• Monday, November 14th 2016 - 07:45 UTC

  Falklands' government first quarter surplus jumps to £6.407 million

  

  The Falkland Islands government numbers are looking brighter than forecasted: for the first three months of the financial year (July –September), the government is showing an actual surplus of £6.407 million, compared to a estimated surplus of £2.211 million.