Fisheries

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 21:36 UTC

  Galicia accepts need to eliminate fishery discards, but asks for a 'gradual approach'

  

  Spain's main fishing region Galicia admits the need to eliminate fishery discards but emphasized it must be a gradual process since it is necessary to preserve the social, economic and environmental objectives of this activity which is of central importance for the economy and jobs.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 21:29 UTC

  Giant 1.000 kilos manta ray caught by Peruvian fishermen

  

  A giant manta ray of approximately 1.000 kilos was caught by Peruvian unsuspecting fishermen operating at La Cruz inlet, north of the country close to the Ecuadorian border, according to Lima media. Erick Cruz Guerrero, 22 was the young crew member that finally captured the giant manta ray which had to be unloaded with a crane.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentine fisheries landings down 10.8% in first quarter; squid down 45.4%

  

  Argentine seafood landings decreased by 10.8% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period of 2014, according to the latest release from the Under Secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 10:32 UTC

  Chile could lose 8% of salmon production at hatcheries because of Calbuco eruption

  

  Chile's Association of Salmon producers (SalmonChile) reported destruction of hatcheries and heavy losses in production in the industry which operates numerous freshwater facilities in the area directly affected by the eruption of the Calbuco volcano.

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 22:26 UTC

  Ocean leaders on track to achieve nine million tons of MSC sustainable seafood

  

  The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) celebrated this Wednesday 15 years of MSC certified seafood and recognized the ‘leaders for living oceans’ that are driving growth and success in the sustainable seafood market.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:19 UTC

  Sunken Russian fishing vessel found at a depth of 2,700m, off Gran Canaria

  

  Russian flagged fishing vessel “Oleg Naydenov” was found by a remotely operated vehicle 15 miles south of Gran Canaria, at a depth of 2,700 meters, Minister of Development Ana Pastor Julian informed. At first, it had been reported that the ship, which sank last week, could be at about 2,400 meters deep.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:07 UTC

  NOAA Fisheries names three Latam countries in illegal fishing activities

  

  United States NOAA Fisheries (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2015 Biennial Report to Congress highlighting U.S. findings and analyses of foreign illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and of by-catch of protected species and shark catch on the high seas for foreign fleets.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 15:37 UTC

  Spain to invest 421m Euros to promote and develop aquaculture

  

  Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, MAGRAM, Isabel Garcia Tejerina, announced that 421 million Euros will be allocated to the Multiannual Aquaculture Strategic Plan 2014/2020. The plan outlines how aquaculture will be conducted in coming years in the framework of the new EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Significant blow to toothfish poaching in Antarctica and Patagonian waters

  

  Operation Icefish, Sea Shepherd's first campaign to target Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) fishing of toothfish in the waters of Antarctica, and the organization's longest, continuous at-sea campaign to date has concluded with unexpected success.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 22:23 UTC

  Greenpeace reacts to NOAA report showing U.S. overfished stocks at all-time low

  

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the 2014 Status of U.S. Fisheries report, which indicates that the number of US fish stocks listed as overfished or subject to overfishing has dropped to an all-time low since 1997, when NOAA began tracking stock status.