Tag: South Atlantic

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Malvinas Islands' crest in all Tierra del Fuego sportswear and school uniforms

  

  In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War, in 2022, the Argentine Tierra del Fuego province legislative passed several bills making it mandatory that all teams' sportswear in all the different competitions representing the province must have the Malvinas Islands crest, “and hopefully this initiative will also be implemented by other provinces”.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Ushuaia announces four calls from Norwegian Star beginning January

  

  The Ushuaia port authorities have announced that the Norwegian Star will be calling four times in the capital of the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego this 2021/22 cruise season.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Closer to solving the mystery of the extinct Falklands' canid warrah

  

  The team headed by Kit Hamley also extended its research into the warrah (Dusicyon australis), an extinct species of fox. The warrah was the only native and terrestrial mammal to reside on the Falkland Islands at the time of European arrival. Subsequent hunting wiped the species out in 1856, making it the first extinct canid in the historic record, Hamley says.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity

  

  The following piece was published by Phys/Org – Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, suggests otherwise; that human activity on the islands predates European arrival by centuries.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Humpback whales recovering on their feeding grounds in the South Atlantic

  

  Humpback whale populations are strongly recovering on their feeding grounds in the South Atlantic, with over 24,543 whales now estimated to use polar waters in the Scotia Arc each summer.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Spain's leading fisheries fair warns about scammers; Uruguayan company tops the list

  

  Conxemar, one of the world's largest and most important fisheries fair which is scheduled to take place next month, 5,6,7 October in Vigo, Spain has warned potentially interested parties about scammers and pseudo promoters of Conxemar exhibits guide. It suggests that before responding or in doubt to contact directly with Conxemar.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Plastic pollution and ocean acidification reduce Antarctic krill development, BAS research

  

  Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine fishing industry presents its objections to the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole

  

  The bill creating the Protected Marine Area, Blue Hole, in the South Atlantic and currently under consideration in the Argentine congress has received strong criticism from the Argentine fishing sector, united under the umbrella of Intercamaras.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Trawler operating in Falklands' waters is in Montevideo with positive COVID-19 cases

  

  An Indonesian crewmember from the Spanish flagged trawler “Playa de Galicia”, operating in the South Atlantic, died of Covid-19 and the vessel is currently in the port of Montevideo under quarantine conditions, with several other seamen hospitalized, according to the latest news from Uruguay and Spain, which have been difficult to confirm.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Ushuaia satisfied with the resurgence of its fishing industry

  

  During the first half of the year, (Jan/Jun), 29,500 tons of fish products were landed at the port of Ushuaia which represents 53% over the same period a year (19,250 tons), according to the latest stats from Argentina's Fisheries Under Secretariat. Officials from Tierra del Fuego point out that much can be attributed to the fact that April 2020 was a “completely dead month”, because of the pandemic.