Tag: fishing industry

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Ushuaia satisfied with the resurgence of its fishing industry

  

  During the first half of the year, (Jan/Jun), 29,500 tons of fish products were landed at the port of Ushuaia which represents 53% over the same period a year (19,250 tons), according to the latest stats from Argentina's Fisheries Under Secretariat. Officials from Tierra del Fuego point out that much can be attributed to the fact that April 2020 was a “completely dead month”, because of the pandemic.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  As Brexit countdown approaches, Galicia fishing industry concern increases

  

  No Galician fishing vessel operating in the Falkland Islands will have access to European funds specially earmarked for those temporarily inactive, whether they fly the red ensign of the Spanish flag.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  Clashes of British and French fishing fleets anticipated in a no deal Brexit

  

  The waters for French fishermen are being stirred up by uncertainty of what will happen if Britain leaves the EU without a deal on Oct 31 and their boats barred from British waters.

• Saturday, July 6th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentine fishing industry against granting facilities to the Chinese fleet in the South Atlantic

  

  The different chambers of the Argentine fisheries industry have joined efforts to expose alleged plans to grant the Chinese fishing fleet in the South Atlantic, “strategic corridors” in Patagonia ports for support and maintenance of their vessels, reports pescare.com.ar.

• Friday, January 18th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Spanish fishing industry faces dramatic consequences with a no-deal Brexit

  

  Spain's Agriculture, Fisheries and Food minister Luis Planas admitted the fishing industry could suffer “dramatic consequences” with a no-deal Brexit, one of several options after this week's parliament events in London. Minister Planas had revealed that in the case of a hard-Brexit, all Spanish fishing vessels will have to immediately abandon United Kingdom waters immediately.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts, says Science magazine

  

  More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times what is used for global agriculture, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study is the first in-depth look at the global footprint of the industrial fishing industry.