Tag: OPRAS

• Monday, August 24th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Illegal and unregulated fishing costs Argentina “one to two billion dollars”: Falklands the main culprit

  

  Illegal, unregulated fishing mainly in the waters adjacent to the disputed South Atlantic islands of the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich costs Argentina an estimate of anywhere from one to two billion dollars, according to CEO Eduardo Pucci, from OPRAS, an Organization for the Protection of Fishery Resources.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  Argentina joins Pacific coastal nations to combat IUU fishing

  

  Argentine specialized media is reporting that OPRA, a regional cooperation agreement, Organization for the Protection of Fisheries Resources in the South Atlantic has signed an accord with their Pacific counterpart, Calamasur, which is a Committee for the Sustainable Management of the giant squid in the South Pacific.