Fisheries

Monday, November 11th 2013 - 19:49 UTC
GEF and FAO approve project to improve sustainability of tuna fisheries worldwide

Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO Naoko Ishii approved a project coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to improve the health and sustainability of tuna fisheries worldwide by reducing illegal catch and supporting related marine ecosystems and species.
Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 22:53 UTC
Pescanova needs 185 million Euros to get back to business, say auditors

The Galician multinational firm Pescanova needs an estimated 185 million Euros in working capital to be run in a year, according to estimates made by the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 06:49 UTC
Spanish flagged trawler catches fire on reaching the port of Montevideo

A Spanish flagged trawler returning from fishing in the Falkland Islands caught fire early Monday morning as it was docking in the port of Montevideo. The cause of the fire which was rapidly controlled by Uruguayan fire brigades is still unknown according to the navy spokesperson Gaston Juansolo.
Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 12:07 UTC
Russia, Ukraine, China block plans in CCAMLR to create Antarctica marine reserves

Russia, Ukraine and China are being blamed for a failure of plans to protect almost 3 million square kilometers of ocean in Antarctica. After two weeks of discussions behind closed doors, the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has failed to come to an agreement on new marine reserves.
Tuesday, October 29th 2013 - 00:13 UTC
NASA solves the mystery of a “city of lights” in the South Atlantic night: jiggers

When in December 2012, the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center and the NASA Earth Observatory released a new map of the Earth as it appears at night they “found something fishy off the coast of Argentina” but now the mystery has been solved. About 300 to 500 kilometers offshore, a city of light appeared in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. There are no human settlements there, nor fires or gas wells. But there are an awful lot of fishing boats.
Monday, October 28th 2013 - 05:30 UTC
Argentina's nine month squid exports reach 91.277 tons, up 43.7% over 2012

Argentina exported 329,751 tons of seafood in the nine months of 2013 to September, a figure which shows an increase of 14.9% compared to the same period in 2012, when 286.899 tons were shipped abroad.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 05:59 UTC
All South Georgia licensed vessels must comply with the Torremolinos Protocol

As part of an initiative to ensure all licensed fishing vessels are of a good standard, the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSGSSI, are undertaking inspections of all vessels to check their compliance with the Torremolinos Protocol on Fishing Vessel Safety, reports the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 02:21 UTC
European Parliament gets tough on fishing industry and conservation

The European Parliament voted Wednesday to reject most new subsidies for the saltwater fishing industry and provide financial support for new ecologically friendly measures meant to prevent overfishing. But in a nod to commercial fishing fleets, the lawmakers did maintain some handouts to the industry.
Thursday, October 24th 2013 - 21:13 UTC
Pescanova 'faked' annual turnover in 2011 and 2012 by 80%, says KPMG audit

The auditing firm KPMG found out that the Galician multinational firm Pescanova ‘blew up’ up to 1,264% the price of seafood products sold to the 14 instrumental (straw) companies with which it operated through fake invoices.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 14:28 UTC
Falklands representatives talk fishery stock assessment in Rhode Island

The Falkland Islands fisheries sector was invited to Rhode Island, USA earlier this month in order to present the Islands’ success story of data-sharing between the industry and the local fisheries department.