Tag: South Atlantic Fisheries

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 10:30 UTC

  Solá confirms end of fisheries info exchange with Falklands: on this, they decided how many licenses to award

  

  Higher fines to those illegally fishing in Argentine waters, including around the Malvinas Islands, is directed to discourage poachers, indicated Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá who also defended the decision to interrupt the exchange of fisheries information on the South Atlantic bio-mass with the United Kingdom and the Falklands.

• Sunday, June 14th 2020 - 14:32 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas, the priority of Argentina/UK relations, Felipe Solá

  

  Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá anticipated that the Falklands/Malvinas Islands will be the priority in relations with the United Kingdom, and to protect the South Atlantic fisheries, fines have to be much harsher since now they are “ridiculous” low.

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 12:24 UTC

  Reedition of Kirchner's aggressive policy towards Falklands announced by Alberto Fernandez

  

  The Kirchnerite government headed by president Alberto Fernandez announced on Sunday, at the opening of the 138th congressional session, the new focus of the Malvinas Islands/Antarctica policy which will emphasize the sovereignty claim over the South Atlantic Islands, particularly the Falklands, and sanction those fishing companies operating in the area.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 19:29 UTC

  Falklands/Argentine fisheries scientific meetings unlikely to take place

  

  A UK/Falklands-Argentina meeting of the South Atlantic Scientific Sub-Committee scheduled for January is “unlikely” to take place, the Falklands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman told Penguin News. The prospect of this happening and “taking Britain out of the comfort zone enjoyed” until now, had been advanced by Mercopress.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 14:58 UTC

  Argentina does not recognize UK as a coastal state but will jointly address high seas catches in the South Atlantic

  

  Foreign minister Jorge Faurie strongly denied in Congress on Wednesday that the Argentine government was ready to “handover” the disputed Malvinas Islands to the British, and likewise defended the current proximity policy of president Mauricio Macri administration towards the South Atlantic issue.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 07:49 UTC

  Falklands' fleet will have a new trawler freezer by the end of 2020

  

  Galicia's Rampesca and the Falkland Islands RBC have ordered a new 63.7 meters long and 1.500 gross tonnage freezer trawler from Nodosa Shipyard, according to shipbuilding sources in Vigo. The new vessel is expected to replace the “Castelao”, and construction will begin this January. It will replicate much of the recently delivered “Monteferro”.

• Friday, November 4th 2016 - 10:40 UTC

  Falklands fishing license fees frozen for 2017; possible tax policy review

  

  The Falkland Islands has decided to hold fee levels across all fishing licenses for 2017 as part of a long term policy focus and in view of certain circumstances emerging from the volatility of annual catches. The Executive Council (ExCo) agreed on the decision by a majority at its last meeting extensive to all license types, including Illex, the Islands main catch.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2014 - 22:17 UTC

  China expanding its investments in Argentina's South Atlantic fisheries

  

  China is interested in investing in Argentine port infrastructure and in setting up companies with access to the South Atlantic fisheries, according to reports from Shanghai where an Argentine top level delegation is currently negotiating in the framework of the China-Argentina cooperation agreement.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 18:34 UTC

  Falklands fisheries will come under attack from Argentina so as to 'strangle the Islands'' economy

  

  Argentina is preparing a battery of instruments to attack the Falklands fisheries and involved fishing companies with the purpose of 'strangling the economy' of the Islands thus forcing the UK to sit and dialogue on South Atlantic Islands sovereignty, according to a piece by La Nacion columnist Martín Dinatale.

• Tuesday, September 4th 2012 - 06:11 UTC

  CeDePesca calls on Argentina to limit hake over-fishing in the South Atlantic

  

  The Argentine non government organization CeDePesca, Development and Sustainable Fisheries Centre have requested Argentine fisheries authorities to take action against the sustained over-fishing experienced by the hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in the South Atlantic.