Tag: Galicia

• Thursday, March 1st 2018 - 09:31 UTC

  Falklands: Spanish trawlers hope the Loligo season evolves with “no incidents”

  

  Spanish trawlers involved in the Loligo squid catching season in the Falkland Islands are hoping that this year the operation will evolve with “no incidents”, recalling that the previous season was abruptly stopped because of accidental deaths of sea mammals caught in nets.

• Friday, January 5th 2018 - 09:44 UTC

  Galicia medium sized fish processing plants benefit with 8.3m Euros

  

  A total of 50 small and medium-sized companies in Galicia were beneficiaries of the 2017 call for investments aid that result in improvements in the processing of fishery, shellfish and aquaculture products. This was announced by the Minister of Marine Affairs, Rosa Quintana, at the Pobra do Caramiñal, during a visit to the refrigeration logistics company Alimentos Cruz del Sur (Alicrusa), one of the beneficiaries.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 21:36 UTC

  Galicia accepts need to eliminate fishery discards, but asks for a 'gradual approach'

  

  Spain's main fishing region Galicia admits the need to eliminate fishery discards but emphasized it must be a gradual process since it is necessary to preserve the social, economic and environmental objectives of this activity which is of central importance for the economy and jobs.

• Sunday, October 19th 2014 - 07:59 UTC

  Chile exports 154m dollars of mussels in eight months; Galicia still out of the market

  

  In the first eight months of the year, Jan-August, Chile exported 52,077 tons of mussels (Mytilus chilensis), a rise of 1.8%, compared to the same period a year ago. However in dollars the result was 154.3 million dollars, up 5.9% compared to the 145.7 million dollars of the eight months of 2013, reports InfoTrade. Meanwhile northeast Spain mussel farms continue ravaged by the red toxin algae.

• Wednesday, August 20th 2014 - 21:24 UTC

  Red tide devastates mussel growing and canning industry in Galicia

  

  The presence of the lipophilic toxin in the Galician estuaries, (northwest Spain) has caused the closure of almost all Galician mussel polygons and forced the closure of activities in the local canning industry. The red tide is currently blocking 90% of the rafts production, since only two polygons located in Betanzos and four in Redondela are open, reported Atlantico news.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 22:12 UTC

  Galicia closes a third of mussel polygons because of resurgent bio-toxic red tide

  

  The Xunta of Galicia in the northwest of Spain banned the extraction of mussels in 18 of the 55 floating nurseries of the autonomous region, that is to say, in 32% of the total capacity because of the presence of lipophilic biotoxin.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2013 - 20:38 UTC

  Galicia companies involved in sales of undeclared fish catches: tax evasion close to 14 million Euros

  

  The first four ship owners summoned by the Court of Marin, Galicia, northwest Spain admitted to having incurred in fraudulent tax practices in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The Pontevedra Criminal Crimes prosecutor accused the fishing vessel owners of fraud totaling 13.7 million Euros, from the sale of undeclared fish catches from the cooperative San Miguel de Marin

• Monday, October 21st 2013 - 05:43 UTC

  Lazard renegotiates Pescanova’s 2bn Euro debt: pretends 75% relief

  

  The new chairperson of the Galician multinational firm Pescanova, Juan Manuel Urgoiti, authorized the investment bank Lazard to implement an urgent debt refinancing process with the creditor entities.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 03:04 UTC

  Landslides for Rajoy in Galicia but Basques raise the question of ‘independence’

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy conservative Popular Party on Sunday retained power in his home region of Galicia despite recession and biting austerity measures, official results showed.