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Fishing Argentine waters costs nearly £500k in fines and forfeit
Thursday, 30 May 2013Read more...A TOTAL of £111,900 was collected in fines and 252 tonnes of squid seized this week as a result of fishing vessels leaving the Falkland Islands zone to catch squid in Argentine waters.
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Jigger accused of capturing fur seal
Thursday, 23 May 2013A KOREAN squid jigger was brought to Stanley earlier this week to assist in investigations into an alleged offence of capturing a fur seal. Director of Fisheries John Barton said: "It was determi...
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Falklands Port authority means fixed attention on management
Thursday, 23 May 2013Read more...A SINGLE port authority would mean full-time concentration on operational and infrastructure management, indicated Harbour Master Malcolm Jamieson this week. In a follow up to last week's articl...
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Falklands superior squid
Monday, 13 May 2013SOUTH Atlantic Squid and Igueldo Fisheries Director Cheryl Roberts, has received the Superior Taste Award for Marfrío's Patagonian squid caught in the Falkland Islands. The award was presented o...
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Missing jigger fisherman discovered on reefer
Monday, 13 May 2013A CREWMAN who went missing from a Taiwanese jigger in Berkeley Sound on Monday May 6 was discovered on Tuesday morning on board the reefer Zhong Zhou 1, also in Berkeley Sound.
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Best choice status for Falklands toothfish
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The Falkland Island Toothfish fishery is one of the three toothfish fisheries around the world awarded a category of "Best Choice" by the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program. Seafo...
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Fisherman swims ashore in second in one week Stanley Harbour ‘jigger jumping’ incident
Monday, 18 February 2013
FOLLOWING news last week that two Vietnamese crewmen swam ashore from a Taiwanese jigger in Stanley Harbour during the afternoon of February 12, 2013, another incident occurred on the morning of Febru...
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Falklands seafood company exhibits in China
Monday, 26 November 2012
FALKLAND'S fishing company Georgia Seafoods joined Scottish and English seafood producers to exhibit as part of the UK pavilion at the China Fisheries & Seafood Exposition held in Dalian, Chi...
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Port William is site for new Falkland Islands port
Thursday, 25 October 2012Read more...PORT William has been designated as the location for a new deep-water port facility capable of meeting the demands of all incumbent industries it was announced following this week's meeting of Ex...
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Bumper Falklands catches for Loligo squid
Thursday, 04 October 2012
THE Falklands fishing industry has achieved the highest loligo squid catch for sixteen years Director of Fisheries John Barton (left) told Penguin News this week: "The catch for the year is 70,7...
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