Tag: San Jorge Gulf

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentina undertakes third scientific evaluation survey of Southern king crab

  

  Argentina's National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP, has started a scientific survey aimed at assessing the Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla) in its central Patagonian distribution area. This is the third consecutive year in which the survey is carried out and includes the San Jorge Gulf and platform waters, between 43° 30 'and 48° South latitude, in jurisdictions of the Nation, and Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:41 UTC

  Ocean Infinity seabed survey company to begin looking for ARA San Juan next month

  

  United States based seabed survey company Ocean Infinity hopes to begin searching for the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan (S-42) in September. The announcement was made by Argentine defense minister Oscar Aguad.

• Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 09:25 UTC

  International operation to rescue Argentine submarine lost in the South Atlantic

  

  The Argentine navy has stepped up its search of the South Atlantic for a submarine with 44 crew on board that remains missing two days after its last communication on Wednesday. ARA San Juan was in the western south Atlantic some 432 kilometers from the Patagonian coast close to the San Jorge Gulf, when it sent its last signal on Wednesday midday, naval spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Friday.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 19:43 UTC

  Patagonian king crab spawns and develops in lab conditions in Argentina

  

  Argentina's National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), with the Benthic Crustacean Fishery Subprogram, successfully registered the transportation from Ushuaia to Mar del Plata of king crab females with eggs and their subsequent spawning in laboratory conditions.

• Saturday, October 29th 2016 - 10:07 UTC

  South Atlantic deep water seismic survey between YPF and Norway's Statoil

  

  Argentina's oil company YPF and Norway's Statoil have signed a cooperation agreement to further gather information on Argentina's offshore potential. The accord was signed in Oslo between YPF CEO Ricardo Darré and Statoil Exploration vice president Tim Dodson.

• Friday, March 4th 2016 - 06:39 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay unable to arrest a Chinese flagged poaching jigger

  

  The Argentine Coast Guard and Uruguayan navy failed in capturing a Chinese flagged jigger poaching in the two countries shared waters. According to non official reports, two Argentine Coast Guard vessels and a helicopter plus a Uruguayan aircraft and vessel were involved in the attempt to arrest Hua Li 8.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 10:45 UTC

  YPF discovers shale in Chubut province, 1.000 km southeast of Vaca Muerta

  

  At least 15 more shale oil and gas wells will be drilled in Argentina's Patagonia Chubut province over the next three years, a provincial official said on Thursday, a day after its first shale discovery was made public.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2014 - 03:22 UTC

  Argentina's “Blue Pampa” project to research and develop South Atlantic resources

  

  The recently launched “Blue Pampa” project is a ten-year 'strategic initiative' with the purpose of researching South Atlantic resources in five different areas to ensure conservation and management, plus reinforce Argentine sovereignty with inter-disciplinary campaigns and inter-ministerial support, according to Argentina's Science, Technology and Productive Innovation ministry.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 11:56 UTC

  YPF announces three wells confirm discovery of new shale deposits

  

  Argentina’s recently nationalized oil and gas corporation YPF announced non conventional oil was discovered in five new wells drilled in the Patagonian provinces of Chubut and Neuquen and anticipated that fuel prices in the country will continue to gradually increase to eliminate the gap with competition.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 14:35 UTC

  Alarming contraction of hake biomass in Argentine breeding grounds

  

  The breeding grounds of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) located in the San Jorge gulf, Argentine Patagonia are showing alarming signs of a loss of biomass, concludes a report authored by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, (INIDEP).