WORK on Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) in the Falkland Islands has been paused “until we find out what happens at the end of the consultation phase for the salmon” MLA Michael Goss has confirmed to Penguin News.
Two Canadian consultants invited to the Falkland Islands by Unity Marine outlined their experience of salmon farming, fish health and environmental regulation at a public meeting on Monday evening. The meeting is part of the consultation on potential large-scale fish farming.
Falkland Islands finfish licence allocations are set to change for 2027 after remaining frozen for the past three years, the Fisheries Committee heard on Wednesday.
THE Falkland Islands Government may find it necessary to legislate that directors and shareholders of ITQ-B quota companies are ‘ordinarily resident’ in the country for 183 day of every year.
CHERYL Roberts was removed as a director of the Falkland Islands fishing company Consolidated Fisheries Ltd following a shareholder resolution at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on February 18, notes a statement to Penguin News from the Fortuna Board.
THE Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved in principle that Falkland Islands Government (FIG) will enter into contracts for the fabrication, delivery and installation of a new port facility in the islands, the decommissioning of the existing facility, and the delivery of a new access road and causeway.
