Tag: Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Good start for Argentine squid season: daily average catches of 28 to 35 tons

  

  The squid fishing season in the South Atlantic, operating with Argentine licenses, has started with good prospects and a moderate optimism of the sector. During the first week jiggers reported daily average catches that oscillated between 28 and 35 tons, according to Pescare, an Argentine fish industry publication. .

• Monday, September 18th 2017 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentina receives in Vigo state of the art fisheries scientific research vessel

  

  Argentina baptized and received on Saturday in Vigo, Spain a state of the art scientific fisheries research vessel which will be incorporated to Mar del Plata based INIDEP's (National Institute of Research and Fisheries Development) fleet of vessels involved in promoting a sustainable fishing industry.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 05:17 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay involved in hake assessment cruise in the River Plate

  

  Argentina and Uruguay are involved in a joint demersal assessment cruise with the purpose of estimating the hake hubbsi biomass, sizes and age, as well as other resources up to a depth of approximately 300 meters.

• Thursday, August 18th 2016 - 05:57 UTC

  US and Argentina cooperation in South Atlantic climate conditions and fisheries

  

  An international forum on ocean and sea sciences between Argentine and United States scientists is scheduled for next week in Mar del Plata. The 23/27 August event is in the framework of the closer ties in research and innovation between Argentina and its new partner, United States.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 20:39 UTC

  Argentina's squid season, one of the worst in recent times, is almost over

  

  Only a few jiggers are still operating in the South Atlantic while the bulk of the Argentine fleet has already finished one of its worst squid (Illex argentinus) seasons. According to figures from Ministry of Agro Industry, until last August 8 a total of 56,159 tons of Illex had been landed.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentina displays software to detect and monitor jiggers in the South Atlantic

  

  A specially designed software to help detect, monitor and identify jiggers operating in international waters in the South Atlantic was presented at a meeting organized by Argentina's National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP together with the country's Space Research national commission, partners in the development.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  Argentina will have a state of the art fisheries research vessel in 2017

  

  Argentina's Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP, has signed the contract for the construction of a new fisheries and oceanographic research vessel to be built at the Armon shipyard in Vigo, Spain. The financing for the vessel and refurbishing of INIDEP's offices and labs comes from the Inter-American Development bank with a 30m dollars loan.