Fisheries

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 01:50 UTC

  Montevideo to build a 1.000 meter-pier and storage facilities for fishing industry

  

  Spanish engineering and renewable energy company Abengoa announced it has won a contract to build a new fishing terminal in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, a contract worth 81 million Euros ($93 million). The terminal will be constructed in Capurro, a district in Montevideo helping to expand the port's capacity, Abengoa said.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2015 - 06:21 UTC

  INIDEP to build a research branch in Santa Cruz province

  

  Argentina's Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP will set up a branch in Caleta Oliva, Santa Cruz province, which is to be financed with matching funds from the Inter American Development bank and the Argentine government.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  Extra funds for decommissioning Galician vessels and reduce fishing effort

  

  Funds for decommissioning fishing vessels during 2015 have increased by 12.9 million Euros to 23.2m Euros, according to what was reported by the Xunta of Galicia (north-west Spain) Ministry of Rural and Marine Affairs.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2015 - 06:30 UTC

  Scotland, Canada, Chile and Norway committed to a sustainable aquaculture industry

  

  Scotland, Canada, Chile and Norway will work together to promote and grow the aquaculture industry sustainably. The four countries are the world's main exporters of farmed salmon.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 08:38 UTC

  Uruguay's largest fish processing plant suspends activities: 960 workers redundant

  

  Uruguay's largest fish processing company Fripur, generating half of the exports in the country's sector, will lay off 960 workers and suspend its activity from Aug. 19, after falling into administration, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2015 - 15:46 UTC

  Falkland Islands reply to Milko Schvartzman comments on fisheries

  

  The comments by Milko Schvartzman on the Falkland’s fishery in FIS on 2 June 2015, are incorrect and uninformed in many areas. We reject the inference that the Falkland Islands Government promotes a fisheries industry based on modern-day slavery and on piracy. The Falkland Islands have a long history of responsible environmental stewardship, and we pride ourselves on protecting and safeguarding our unique environment and the natural resources therein.

• Monday, August 10th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  Argentine seafood landings drop 7.1% in first half of 2015; squid, 24.1%

  

  Argentine seafood landings fell by 7.1% in the first half of this year compared to the same period of 2014, according to the latest statistics from the country's Under Secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Squid catches were down 24.1%.

• Saturday, August 8th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

  FAO pressing countries to ratify agreement on illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing

  

  A growing number of countries are ratifying an international agreement to combat illegal fishing, fueling interest in how best to implement the instrument. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is estimated to strip between $10 billion and $23 billion from the global economy, and their impacts undermine the way fish stocks are managed to make it a double concern around the world.

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 12:19 UTC

  Southern hake August ban awareness campaign launched in Chile

  

  The southern hake (Merluccius australis) ban awareness campaign has been officially launched in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Montt, with the aim of halting the resource catches, sale and consumption in the south of the country, extending from regions Los Lagos to Magallanes.

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 05:31 UTC

  Researchers identify characteristics of fish most vulnerable to trawlers

  

  Using laboratory-based experiments, researchers have identified the common characteristics of fish most vulnerable to being caught by trawlers. They found fish that were less able to produce fast burst-type swimming to evade capture were more likely to end up in trawlers' nets.