Tag: jiggers

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 23:09 UTC

  Argentina extends incorporation deadline for 20 new jiggers to end of August

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council, (CFP), has decided to extend the deadline for fishing companies interested in presenting projects for the incorporation of jiggers to the authorised fleet, which currently consists of 85 vessels.

• Friday, February 24th 2012 - 19:03 UTC

  Encouraging start for the Falklands 2012 Ilex season: almost 100 jiggers operating

  

  The Falkland Islands government has issued a high number of licenses for the 2012 Ilex season with almost a hundred jiggers operating which compares positively to previous years, according to the Director of Natural Resources John Barton.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:39 UTC

  Argentina’s attempt to advance the squid season seems condemned to failure

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) ordered the temporary cancellation of jiggers’ dispatches because of the low catches of squid (Illex argentinus) registered by the five vessels operating south of latitude 44°.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:50 UTC

  Argentine patrols harass Falklands’ licensed jiggers outside the port of Montevideo

  

  Spanish jiggers operating in the South Atlantic with Falkland Islands licences complain they are been harassed by the Argentine Navy just a few miles away from the port of Montevideo where they call for discharging, maintenance and bunkering.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 01:22 UTC

  Argentina’s high expectations for the squid season are rapidly fading

  

  Encouraging expectations for the Illex argentinus squid season appear to be fading in Argentina. Following a start with good catches and high expectations, the average daily output of squid is now only around five tons in the area between parallels 44º and 46º South Atlantic.