Fisheries

• Wednesday, November 19th 2014 - 07:51 UTC

  Greenpeace condemns Japan’s rush to resume Antarctic whaling

  

  Greenpeace on Tuesday condemned the Government of Japan's rush to resume Antarctic whaling and called on them to abide by world opinion and the clearly expressed desires of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

• Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 08:12 UTC

  Greenpeace names twenty “monster vessels, the scourge of the oceans”

  

  Five fishing vessels from Spain are among the 20 most destructive community fishing vessels in the European Union, according to a new report from the environmental organization Greenpeace. Out of the five, two are from Galicia,: Eirado do Costal, with home port in Cangas, and Playa de Tambo, based in Marin.

• Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 08:02 UTC

  Australia confident of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas approval in 2015

  

  Australia will continue to push for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) off East Antarctica despite the proposal not being adopted at the annual Commission for the Conservation of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources, (CCAMLR) which last month met in Hobart, Tasmania.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 03:34 UTC

  Scottish minister explores fisheries and trade opportunities in Chile

  

  Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse visited Puerto Montt and Santiago to strengthen links with Chile on fisheries and climate change. Chile and Scotland have two of the largest global aquaculture industries.

• Tuesday, November 4th 2014 - 05:05 UTC

  Falklands have a per capita GDP “ten times higher than Argentina”

  

  Argentina's financial daily, El Cronista Comercial has published two articles on the Falkland Islands based on data from the 2014 Statistical Yearbook stating that the Islands enjoy a GDP per capita several times higher than Argentina and that the economy has been expanding at 11% annually since 2008.

• Monday, October 20th 2014 - 21:56 UTC

  AOA calls on CCAMLR to agree on marine protection of the Ross Sea and East Antarctica

  

  As representatives of the 25 Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meet this week in Hobart, where they will decide the fate of two key protection proposals in the Ross Sea and East Antarctica, the Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) (*) called on the member countries to honor their conservation commitments and finally agree to lasting and significant Southern Ocean protection.

• Sunday, October 19th 2014 - 07:59 UTC

  Chile exports 154m dollars of mussels in eight months; Galicia still out of the market

  

  In the first eight months of the year, Jan-August, Chile exported 52,077 tons of mussels (Mytilus chilensis), a rise of 1.8%, compared to the same period a year ago. However in dollars the result was 154.3 million dollars, up 5.9% compared to the 145.7 million dollars of the eight months of 2013, reports InfoTrade. Meanwhile northeast Spain mussel farms continue ravaged by the red toxin algae.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 20:50 UTC

  FAO forecasts shrimp world production could double by 2030

  

  World shrimp production, which currently stands at between 7 and 8 million tons could reach 11 to 18 million tons in 2030, according to projections by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.

• Tuesday, October 7th 2014 - 22:19 UTC

  Despite record shrimp season, Argentine seafood landings drop 7.3%

  

  Seafood landings in Argentine sea ports between January first and 30 September totaled 584,835.1 tons of seafood resources, 7.3% less that the same period a year ago, 630,393 tons.

• Friday, October 3rd 2014 - 23:34 UTC

  Squid, hake and shrimp make up most of Argentine fisheries exports

  

  Argentina exported 277.348 tons of seafood between January and August 2014, which represents a minimum rise of 0.01% compared to the 277.314 tons of the same period in 2013.