International

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Krill retreating towards Antarctica because of climate change

  

  A keystone prey species in the Southern Ocean is retreating towards the Antarctic because of climate change. Krill are small, shrimp-like creatures that swarm in vast numbers and form a major part of the diets of whales, penguins, seabirds, seals and fish. Scientists say warming conditions in recent decades have led to the krill contracting pole-ward.

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Second humanitarian visit to Falklands confirmed by Buenos Aires and UK ambassador

  

  The Argentine government has confirmed that in coming days it will be meeting with Malvinas families and UK authorities to organize another humanitarian trip to the Falkland Islands so that the next of kin of the 18 recently identified Argentine soldiers can visit, honor and pray at their graves in the Argentine military cemetery near Darwin.

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 08:07 UTC

  Brexit: PM May pledges a more flexible, open, inclusive approach involving Parliament

  

  Theresa May has promised to take a more “flexible, open and inclusive” approach to involve Parliament in negotiating a future relationship with the EU as she seeks to revive her Withdrawal Agreement.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 19:58 UTC

  Submariners celebrate 50 years of the Royal Navy's nuclear deterrent patrols

  

  Events across the UK will celebrate the 50 years of dedication of submariners on the longest operation ever carried out by British armed forces. No mission has been longer – or more important – than the nuclear deterrent patrols performed around the clock by the Royal Navy over the past half-century.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Spain and EU working to minimize a no-deal Brexit impact on fisheries

  

  Spain's minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, said he was confident that if no agreement is reached regarding Brexit, both the European Union (EU) and Spain will be prepared. During an informative breakfast, minister Planas stressed that the government of Spain is working to ensure citizens and is prepared to minimize the impact of “Brexit” on the agri-food and fisheries sector.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  China's economy expands at its slowest rate since 1990

  

  China's economy continued to slow in the last quarter of 2018, official figures showed, stoking fears about the impact on the global economy. In the three months to December, the economy grew 6.4% from a year earlier, down from 6.5% in the previous quarter. For the full year China expanded at 6.6%, its slowest rate since 1990.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentina and Spain scientific research on climate change impact on hake in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Scientific study suggests snoek (Thyrsites atun) can re-colonize the marine area of the Beagle Channel and South-Western Atlantic waters, an area in the southernmost point of the South American continent where this species competed with the hake (Merluccius sp.) to hunt preys in warmer periods.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Galicia commissions new report on Brexit and a possible fishing agreement with UK

  

  The Government of Galicia will commission the University Institute of European Studies “Salvador de Madariaga”, from the University of A Coruña, a new report on the current status of the Brexit agreement and the possibilities to reach a fishing agreement with the United Kingdom.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  UK parliamentary committee urges MSC to review sustainable fishing standards

  

  A UK parliamentary committee has called on the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to address concerns about the organization's standard for sustainable fishing in the world's oceans. The House of Commons' Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) issued recommendations following its Sustainable Seas inquiry, whose findings were published last November.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 08:19 UTC

  Vessels leaving Vigo for the Falklands' Loligo season; Argentina reports good catches of Illex

  

  While the Spanish fleet of fishing vessels, many of them partners of Falkland Islands companies have started leaving Vigo for the South Atlantic to begin the Loligo season on 24 February, Argentine licensed jiggers operating south of parallel 44 have been catching some 25 tons per day per vessel of Illex, according to the first reports from Pescare.com.ar.