Tag: Argentina squid season

• Monday, June 24th 2024 - 18:02 UTC

  Argentina prepared to end the Illex squid season for conservation reasons

  

  The squid industry in Argentina is surprised and expectant since the Federal Fisheries Council, CFP, (Act CFP 6/2024) has temporarily ordered all jiggers back to the harbors, given a report from INIDEP, in which the research center in Mar del Plata discovered a notorious lack of small, young squid, SS and S, in the area's biomass.

• Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 05:32 UTC

  Argentines satisfied with this year's squid catches, “higher than expected”

  

  Landings of squid in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, Argentine Patagonia are higher than last year's and can be considered a “great success for fisheries and our province,” according to Diego Pérez, manager of the Madryn port.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 15:08 UTC

  Good squid catch news from Argentina: jiggers managing some 30 tons per day

  

  The Argentine current squid season, based on catches reports is considered encouraging because the so called sub-Patagonic, 46 degrees South, resource keeps the jigger fleet fully occupied with average catches of 30 tons per day, and with good sized specimens.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Lower export taxes on hake, squid and shrimp, as long as they are processed in Argentina

  

  The Argentine government has issued Decree 754/2021 which lowers fisheries export taxes, particularly referred to hake, shrimp and squid as long as they are processed in the country including added value, to the benefit of Argentine industry and labor.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentine half year fisheries exports total 236,000 tons; Illex price down 25%

  

  Argentine fisheries exports in the first half of the year totaled 236,000 tons valued at US$ 855 million according to the latest report from the CaPeCa, the Argentine Chamber of fishing vessels with freezing capacity. Spain and China figure as the main clients but there is a considerable price difference in some catch produce compared to a year ago.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina makes changes to its squid fisheries policies

  

  Argentina is modifying some regulations regarding squid fisheries. According to Resolution 7 from the Federal Fisheries Council, all jiggers and trawlers involved in squid operations must have at least 20% of their catches processed on land.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Argentine squid season south of parallel 44 takes off on January 16

  

  The 2021 Argentine squid season. south of parallel 44, takes off next 16 January, according to the country's Fisheries Federal Council, following on the scientific report from Inidep, the national fisheries research and development institute.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 12:24 UTC

  Argentine jigger fleet begins operating north of parallel 44o. as of April first

  

  Argentine jiggers will begin operating north of parallel 44o on April first, following on a decision from the Fisheries Under Secretariat chief, Carlos Liberman. The Fisheries Federal Council is impeded of meeting because of the coronavirus pandemic rules imposed in Argentina. Anyhow the decision was taken based on a report from the Inidep research institute.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentina authorizes early opening of squid season north of parallel 44

  

  Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) decided to authorize the early opening of the northern squid sector, as it has been the case since 2016 on recommendations from the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (INIDEP).

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 04:10 UTC

  Argentina's seven-week Illex squid season has totaled 50.195 tons

  

  The 2019 squid season in Argentina took off with very good weekly yields, and average catches per vessel of 34.6 tons/day during the first seven weeks of operations south of the 44th parallel.