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Montevideo, June 9th 2026 - 06:25 UTC

Tag: mile 201

  • Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 07:56 UTC

    Report warns foreign fleets off Argentina catch up to four times the national industry's haul

    The foundation warned that, if the current level of exploitation continues, resources that are strategic for the economy could be compromised

    Foreign fleets operating along the outer edge of Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) —the so-called Mile 201— extract up to four times the volume caught by the entire national fishing industry, according to a report by the Latin American Foundation for Fisheries Sustainability (FULASP) released on the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. The organization called the activity one of the main threats to the fishery resources of the South-West Atlantic.

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  • Monday, August 27th 2012 - 05:54 UTC

    Argentina wants to cut Falklands’ squid catches flooding the area with jiggers

    Jiggers in Stanley to collect their licences (Photo SH)

    Argentina is planning the incorporation of Chinese jiggers to catch Illex squid next season, a decision rejected by the local fishing chambers but which according to the Buenos Aires financial media is linked to the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands and surrounding waters.