HOBART, Australia – The world’s biggest marine reserve in Antarctica officially comes into effect on Friday, in what has been hailed as a “watershed” moment in conservation. The marine protected area in the Ross Sea […]
SANTIAGO – Marine conservation organization Oceana has called out to national authorities to urgently implement a national traceability plan for fishery products, after television program Misión Encubierta (Undercover Mission) aired an investigative report titled “Something […]
SANTIAGO – Marine conservation organization Oceana has appreciated the recommendation made by the Scientific Committee of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO), which did not substantially increase the global quota for jack mackerel, […]
TOKYO – Japan has killed 177 whales in Pacific Ocean “for scientific research” in a move which allows it to circumnavigate a moratorium on hunting the mammals. Three ships, which left port in June, returned […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has officially created a 740,000-square kilometer marine reserve around remote Easter Island, a move that will protect dozens of species found nowhere else. The move follows five years of […]
SANTIAGO – Last week, Chile’s Supreme Court rejected a complaint appeal filed by the salmon farming industry against the ministers of the Court of Appeals, aiming to revoke the sentence that ordered the National Fisheries […]
SANTIAGO – The governments of Chile and Peru have signed an important agreement that strengthens the exchange of experience and joint work on health and food safety in aquaculture and fisheries. The agreement was signed […]
TORTEL, Aysén – As a way of pushing the creation of a Coastal Marine Protected Area for Multiple Purposes (AMCP-MU in Spanish) in Caleta Tortel, the Environment Regional Ministerial Secretariat of Aysén has invited residents […]
SANTIAGO – The marine conservation organization, Oceana, has requested the Chilean government to move forward with the implementation of management and recovery plans for fisheries. Nearly 60% of Chilean fisheries are either depleted or overexploited, […]
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