Fisheries

Friday, February 26th 2016 - 06:19 UTC
Greenpeace celebrates and supports cancellation of Icelandic fin whale hunt

Greenpeace celebrates the 'incredible' news that Iceland has cancelled the fin whale hunt for the current season and underlines that nowadays “there is simply no place for commercial whaling” plus the fact that Iceland and Japan have stockpiles of unwanted whale meat.
Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 07:50 UTC
FAO summit in Morocco addresses fish trade traceability and eliminating IUU fishing

High-level delegations of fisheries ministries from more than 50 countries are gathering in Agadir, Morocco for a summit with industry players to discuss emerging governance needs in a sector that provides the world with 17% of its animal protein and developing countries with more export revenue than meat, tobacco, rice and sugar combined.
Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 07:07 UTC
Falklands with “no big concentrations of Illex” this season, which is “worrying”

Early indications from scientific surveys are showing “no big concentrations of Illex,” in the Falkland Islands waters or on the high seas, “which is worrying,” said Falkland Islands Government Senior Fisheries Scientist Sasha Arkhipkin as reported by the Penguin News.
Sunday, February 14th 2016 - 23:29 UTC
Illex 2016 Fishing Season begins in Falkland’s Waters.

Fishing for Illex squid in Falkland’s water took off on Sunday, as the 2016 fishing season opens. A total of 105 fishing licenses have been issued. The number of licenses issued has remained consistent for the past three seasons.
Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 23:11 UTC
Montevideo-Stanley, an integrating and necessary air link

By Jaime Trobo (*) - For some time now we have been arguing that Uruguay must strengthen its bonds and contacts with a neighboring territory, in the southern cone, part of our American continent, where families who arrived in our region during the first half of the XIX century live, and with whom those contacts, once very intense, have waned, particularly in the last decades.
Saturday, February 6th 2016 - 05:29 UTC
US promotes major traceability plan for fishery products to combat IUU

The United States National Oceanic and Atmosphereric Administration (NOAA) announced a proposal to implement a traceability plan for fishery products, aimed at combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and to prevent fraudulent trade.
Thursday, February 4th 2016 - 18:19 UTC
Toxic algae bloom in south Chile threatening salmon farms

Chilean aquaculture company Multiexports Food reported that due to the harmful algal bloom (HAB) recorded in various areas of the southern Regions X and XI of Chile, their production centers of Huyar and Lligua have suffered “significant fish mortality,” which has not been quantified yet.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2016 - 07:47 UTC
Argentina fish landings down 4,2% last year, but squid was down 25%

Fish landings in Argentina totaled 752,359.1 tons in 2015, which represents 4.2% less than the previous year, according to the latest from the National Under secretariat of Fisheries. Among the main species of commercial importance, Illex squid (Illex argentinus) led the decline with a drop of 25%, with landings amounting 126,531.4 tons until 30 December 2015.
Monday, February 1st 2016 - 07:00 UTC
Spanish scientists analyze European and veined squid diets

A group of Spanish scientists has analyzed for the first time the European and veined squid diet in the Mediterranean. European squid (Loligo vulgaris) and veined squid (Loligo forbesii) are two morphologically nearly identical species that inhabit the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.
Friday, January 29th 2016 - 04:11 UTC
Canadian company interested in Uruguay's main (broke) fish industry complex

A Canadian corporation, Cooke Aquaculture is apparently interested in taking over Uruguay's main fish industry company, FRIPUR, which is under administration and liquidation and ended all operations almost six months ago.