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Stories for February 2001

• Tuesday, February 20th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Japanese increasingly concerned about delayed squid fishery

• Tuesday, February 20th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Department of Mineral Resources. February 2001 Newsletter.

  Offshore Oil Exploration

• Tuesday, February 20th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Respond to Argentina's comments over-fishing in the high seas.

  Councilor Richard Cockwell, the governor with responsibilities for Fisheries has responded to complaints of the levels of squid fishing in the high seas by Argentina with a letter to the Argentine press.

• Monday, February 19th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  A Commander Story. Part II

  IN April 1982 a British Task Force began its journey South tasked with liberating the Falkland Islands from its Argentine invaders.
  Sailing with that force was Julian Thompson, Commander of 40 Commando Royal Marines and 3 Commando Brigade.
  He was joint commander of the amphibious landings and overall Land Commander until the arrival of Major General Jeremy Moore in the Islands at the end of May.
  Julian Thompson's brigade saw action in most of the battles of the 1982 Falklands campaign.

• Monday, February 19th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Re-flagging the ?Paradanta Primero'

• Saturday, February 17th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Census Reveals Severe Decline in Falklands Black-browed Albatross

• Thursday, February 15th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Admiral Takes Command of all British Armed Forces

  Admiral Sir Michael Boyce is taking command of all British armed forces as the first Royal Navy Chief of Defence Staff since the late Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse retired in 1988, six years after he conducted the 1982 Falklands campaign as overall military commander of the Task Force, from Fleet Headquarters in Northwood in London.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  300 poachers in South Atlantic.

  Argentina claims 300 vessels, mainly from Far East, are operating in mile 201, just outside of the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ, causing enormous losses to the local squid industry.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina-Brazil joint position

  Argentina and Brazil coincided in the need to strengthen Mercosur's negotiation capacity and privilege the contents of the Americas Free Trade Association, AFTA, rather than the timetable for the ambitious United States initiative.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Imminent arrival of Mr John Battle MP.