Fisheries

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 18:36 UTC

  Chubut imposes strict measures on shrimp landings to protect the fishery

  

  The Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut has imposed strict limits to the landings of shrimp caught in its waters, with the purpose of protecting the resource, limiting discards and damaged crustaceans which result in lower prices because of poor quality.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Argentine congress fearful Falklands' new port could overshadow Ushuaia

  

  The Argentine congress is restless and is concerned since the Falkland Islands started to build its new deep water port, fearing, besides the usual cacophony of claims, that the Islands could replace Ushuaia as the main access to Antarctica.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 06:03 UTC

  Spanish trawlers believe Falklands is heading for a record catch of Loligo

  

  The fleet of trawlers from Vigo. Spain operating in the Falkland Islands waters are most enthusiastic about the current second squid season and believe Loligo landings already totaling 72,200 tons according to records from Falklands' Natural Resources Department could anticipate, if catch rates continue, a record similar to that of the best year back in 1995, with 98,409 tons.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 05:04 UTC

  Falklands receive batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines; fishing vessels crews immunized

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has received a batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines, supplied by the UK government. These 960 doses arrived on 12 August and are being rolled out as part of the ongoing vaccination programme which began in February.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine fishing industry presents its objections to the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole

  

  The bill creating the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole, in the South Atlantic and currently under consideration in the Argentine congress has received strong criticism from the Argentine fishing sector, united under the umbrella of Intercamaras.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentine half year fisheries exports total 236,000 tons; Illex price down 25%

  

  Argentine fisheries exports in the first half of the year totaled 236,000 tons valued at US$ 855 million according to the latest report from the CaPeCa, the Argentine Chamber of fishing vessels with freezing capacity. Spain and China figure as the main clients but there is a considerable price difference in some catch produce compared to a year ago.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Decadence of Uruguay's fishing industry: from a catch of 147,000 tons to a mere 50,000 tons

  

  The decadence and complicated situation of Uruguay's industrial fishing sector was exposed by Senator Gustavo Penadés in the Upper House as well as the need for urgent public support to help the country take advantage of the many aquatic resources in rivers, lagoons and the sea, the ocean.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:57 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego promulgates bill banning industrial salmon farming

  

  Three weeks after its approval by the local Legislative council of Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina, the provincial Executive finally promulgated the bill that bans the growth and farming of salmon species in the provincial sea and lakes jurisdictional waters.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Falklands' fishery exports to EU: small window opens but much negotiations still ahead

  

  James Wallace, CEO Fortuna Ltd., made the following comments regarding the European Union Council Regulation referred to Falkland Islands fishery exports to the EU. We welcome the publication today of Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1203 as regards autonomous union tariffs for certain fishery products (ATQ).

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Trawler operating in Falklands' waters is in Montevideo with positive COVID-19 cases

  

  An Indonesian crewmember from the Spanish flagged trawler “Playa de Galicia”, operating in the South Atlantic, died of Covid-19 and the vessel is currently in the port of Montevideo under quarantine conditions, with several other seamen hospitalized, according to the latest news from Uruguay and Spain, which have been difficult to confirm.