Fisheries

Saturday, July 9th 2016 - 05:48 UTC
Falklands imposes heavy fines for breaching fishing licenses and false reporting

The Falkland Islands government reported on Friday the successful prosecution and significant fines imposed on defendants involved in breaching fishing licenses and providing false information in fishing reports.
Monday, June 13th 2016 - 17:20 UTC
Chilean salmon industry controversy over the use of antibiotics

The use of antibiotics in the Chilean salmon industry reached 557 tons in 2015, according to the latest report of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA), a figure consolidating the tendency to their intensive use over the past five years.
Wednesday, June 8th 2016 - 20:56 UTC
Port state measures crucial weapon to support world's first illegal fishing treaty

A groundbreaking international accord aimed at stamping out illegal fishing went into effect on Sunday and is now legally binding for the 29 countries and a regional organization that have adhered to it.
Sunday, June 5th 2016 - 23:22 UTC
Brewery creates organic six-pack rings to protect sea life

A Florida brewery in the United States has done something bold to try to help the environment: replacing the plastic six-pack rings that can harm sea life with edible ones. Plastic rings, untold numbers of which end up in rivers and oceans, can be fatal to animals like fish, turtles and birds, and Saltwater Brewery thought there had to be a better way.
Friday, June 3rd 2016 - 06:40 UTC
Falklands are “my homeland”, with the right to freely choose our own future

The Falklands are a people, “my homeland”, with the right to freely choose our own future, as enshrined as leading principle in the UN Charter and safeguarded by the several covenants on civil and political rights, said Falklands' government representative Krysteen Ormond addressing the Pacific Regional Seminar of the C24, Special Decolonization Committee.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 19:25 UTC
Falklands state of the nation: economic challenges but also hopes of a productive relationship with Argentina

The Falkland Islands finances remain robust despite a future of domestic and overseas challenges, but on the other hand recent developments in Argentina have opened hopes for a productive, closer relationship with the South American continent, said Governor Colin Roberts in his annual speech on the state of the nation.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 18:11 UTC
Argentina and China address fishing vessels poaching in the South Atlantic

The Argentine news agency Pescare reports that the repeated illegal incursion of Asian vessels in Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone prompted the issue to be addressed during the recent meeting of the bilateral Argentina/China Subcommittee on Fisheries.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 17:30 UTC
FAO sponsored illegal fishing accord scheduled to become law on 5 June; 30 countries have adhered

Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing is about to become much more difficult thanks to the imminent entry into force of the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a ground-breaking international accord championed by FAO.
Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 07:36 UTC
Poor squid season hits Argentina's seafood exports in first quarter

Argentina's Under Secretariat of Fisheries reported that landings between January first and 30 April plummeted19.3% but exports in the first quarter achieved significant growth in foreign currency: 16.2%, with a slight increase in volume 1.7%. The poor landings are attributed to a “terrible” squid season, while the jump in export value was supported by extraordinary sales of shrimp.
Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 06:50 UTC
Magallanes region expanded 6.3% in the first quarter boosted by fisheries and construction

Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile reported an economic activity of 6.3% during the first quarter of the year, according to the country's stats office, INE, only behind Atacama, 8.9% and Maule, 7.2%.