Tag: South Atlantic

• Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 07:56 UTC

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

  

  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.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2026 - 23:59 UTC

  Milei authorizes US Southern Command to patrol Argentine southern sea in strategic shift

  

  Javier Milei's government on Wednesday announced the signing of a letter of intent with the United States for joint patrolling of the South Atlantic over the next five years, in a military cooperation agreement that ratifies Buenos Aires's strategic alignment with the Donald Trump administration and that has triggered alarms over Argentine sovereignty in its maritime spaces. The agreement, signed by the US Southern Command and Argentine Navy authorities, involves the supply of US technology to modernize the South American country's naval equipment and, at the same time, authorizes the participation of US forces in patrolling the Argentine southern sea.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2026 - 03:12 UTC

  Argentina clears US oceanographic cruise in the South Atlantic as debate grows over “dual-use” data

  

  Argentina’s Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) recorded that it had “no objections,” within its remit, to a United States request for a marine scientific research cruise by the R/V Roger Revelle inside Argentina’s Exclusive Economic Zone between March 5 and March 30, 2026. In the same document, the council asked for “all basic data” plus “preliminary and final reports” to be submitted to Argentine authorities prior to any publication of results.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2026 - 12:00 UTC

  Under Antarctic ice, Earth’s deepest gravity “low” points to a 70-million-year story

  

  A new study has reconstructed the evolution of the planet’s strongest nonhydrostatic geoid depression —the Antarctic Geoid Low (AGL)— finding that the feature has persisted for at least 70 million years and underwent a major shift in both position and strength between roughly 50 and 30 million years ago.

• Tuesday, January 27th 2026 - 11:12 UTC

  Offshore oil exploration puts Uruguay at crossroads of investment, courts and conservation

  

  Viridien (CGG Services) has told Uruguay’s Environment Ministry it aims to begin offshore seismic exploration in February, after submitting the environmental management plan required by the National Directorate for Environmental Quality and Assessment (Dinacea) as a precondition to operate in Uruguayan waters, according to local media reporting.

• Saturday, January 24th 2026 - 23:01 UTC

  Milei takes over Ushuaia port as Tierra del Fuego warns of “overreach” and geopolitical motives

  

  Argentina’s government under President Javier Milei has intervened in the port of Ushuaia—the country’s southernmost port and a major gateway to Antarctica—taking control of operations for one year in a move that has reignited tensions with the Tierra del Fuego provincial administration and opened a wider dispute over federal authority.

• Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentine outlet denounces Chilean and Uruguayan help to Royal Air Force

  

  Argentine outlet criticized a Royal Air Force (RAF) transport Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft stopping in Chile and Uruguay on its way to the Falkland Islands, questioning the role of the two South American countries in the British strategy to maintain a permanent military presence in the South Atlantic, despite UN resolutions urging a resolution to the sovereignty dispute with Argentina.

• Monday, September 8th 2025 - 09:52 UTC

  Lib-Dems, ICCF.UK and Falklands sponsor Conference on Unregulated Fishing in the South Atlantic

  

  The vitally important issue of unregulated fishing in the South Atlantic will be addressed during a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat Conference next 21st September at the Bournemouth International Center. Full name of the presentation will be, “Protecting the Blue Frontier: Combating unregulated fishing in the South Atlantic.”

• Friday, September 5th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

  Falkland Islands launch relocation platform to attract professionals amid major investment drive

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has launched ThinkFalklands.com, a new online platform designed to encourage professionals and families to relocate to the South Atlantic territory. The initiative highlights career opportunities, community life, and natural beauty while offering practical guidance on visas, jobs, and living conditions.

• Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:55 UTC

  The Bank of England could learn from the Falklands

  

  By A. S. H. Smyth, (*)