Falklands’ on shore Loligo containerisation to improve quality and create jobs
For the first time a whole season’s catch of Loligo Squid will be containerised in the Falkland Islands, an experiment set to improve the product quality and meet world export demands plus generating on-value added activities in the Islands.
The Falkland Islands floating dock facility FIPASS has been in full swing because to the normal fishing industry activity, comes the Loligo containerization experience and all the operations related to the oil drilling round.
At the east end was the British Antarctic Survey ship Ernest Shackleton discharging rubbish and taking on stores, while at the other was a Seaview Logistics trawler unloading its cargo of loligo squid into the hands of two teams of stevedores.
These teams, one local and the other from the ship’s crew, were toiling ceaselessly to stack the frozen blocks neatly into refrigerated containers, which almost obscured the ship from view. Waiting to take the full containers to nearby hard standing was a fleet of articulated trucks.
Normally, as Seaview manager Alex Reid explained to Penguin News, this trans-shipment would be from trawler to a larger refrigerated ship, or reefer, and would take place in Berkeley Sound.
But this season for the first time, his company together with partners Seafish Falklands, were attempting to containerise all of the loligo catch from their three trawlers.
Given the current heightened activity at FIPASS due to oil exploration and the tourism season, the whole operation was “a strategically nightmare” said Mr Reid, but storage in reefer containers as opposed to the hold of a ship was much better for the product.
So far the containerisation operation is going well, with the second ship currently discharging its cargo in this way. Its success, said Mr. Reid, was down to the magnificent job that South American Atlantic Services (SAAS) had done for his company and to the support received from the management of FIPASS.
So far also, he said the fishing and oil industries seemed to be working hand in glove to the benefit of all.
Containerisation was best for the product, said Mr Reid, but also allowed for much more flexibility of delivery through the worldwide container network.
This point was enthusiastically endorsed to the Penguin News by Director of Natural Resources, John Barton, who said containerisation could bring the opportunity for onshore value-adding activities such as preparing consignments to the requirements of particular clients. Mr Reid said his company was committed to containerisation as the way forward and keen to support SAAS in this regard.
This season’s experiment would, he hoped, prove that it could be done, although further expansion might be limited by the lack of hard standing for containers and particularly the lack of the reefer plugs, essential to keep the cargo frozen until the containers could be loaded for export.
Meanwhile, there is cautious optimism as the illex season also gets underway.
With more than 60 vessels so far having called into Stanley to collect licences to fish for illex squid, early estimates of a likely take-up of around 40 have already been exceeded, said Mr Barton.
Illex catches so far have been variable, reaching 20 to 30 tons per vessel per night, but averaging around 15 tons until just recently when a bit of a dip occurred.
So far it had been a better start to the season than there had been for a few years, but whether it developed into a good season would depend on whether these catch levels could be maintained and improved upon.
Unlike the loligo squid, which lives out its life in relatively inshore waters, the illex is migratory. Mr Barton said so far results from the high seas and areas further to the north of the Falklands had not indicated a massive illex presence, but this could not be ruled out.
By John Fowler – Penguin News - Stanley
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It's good to know that life on the Falklands continues largely unaffected by their neighbour.
Y los recursos que estan explotando son recursos que roban a la Argentina.
Contary to your opinion, I think you'll find that there are British !
I don't care what do you think. The problem is the UN recognized in 1965 a sovereignty problem between Arg and Uk, and If the malvinas were british as you say, the UN had never put these issue in the multilateral agenda.<br />
I would like to know what would happen if all the islanders will leave the islands, but not for free, if ARG would pay 1MM Euro for each islander for leave the islands. And then what will happen with the autodetermination? what will be the new excuse for the british?
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and btw for any Argentine moron who tries to argue that argentina owns the islands don't bother. Britain first claimed and established the first colony there in 1765. later Luis Vernet asked permission from the British to establish a colony, we accepted however he then went against the conditions of the deal so we removed him and sent the Argentine governor back to argentina in 1833. the rest of the colonists were allowed to stay. this is argentina's only historical link with the islands. the Argentine colonists were very small in population with about 29 residents. a tiny number left but most stayed on the islands. <br />
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after that the population gradually began to increase with some people coming from south america and others coming from the British isles. by 1851 there were about 20 Argentine gauchos (up from 12 in 1833) and many other south americans and Argentines. from that point onwards they intermarried with other residents of the islands. thus the islanders are technically the descendants of the Argentine colony there. <br />
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by argentina's own claims that this colony was legitimate we can see that the islanders by argentina's standards definitely have the right to self determination as they are descended from those same settlers which argentina claims were legitimate. the sources for this include Charles Darwin's diary, Lieutenant B.J. Sullivans survey of the Falklands, and the journal of Commodore Augusto Lasserre<br />
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geographically the falklands are 500 miles away from the Argentine mainland, and far outside of argentina's territorial waters. and geographical proximity has absolutely no standing on national sovereignty in international law. in fact there is an island owned by Denmark (faroh) just north of Scotland and far closer to the UK than the falklands are to argentina and we have never taken issue with this.<br />
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the most important factor remains the fact that the population (who have lived there longer than most Argentines can traced their roots in argentina) all wish to remain part of the UK, and over 86% of them oppose any negotiation of sovereignty, let alone becoming part of argentina, and in international law, self determination comes before any other factor due to the fact that the islanders are the only ones who are directly affected by their sovereignty<br />
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and the Argentine comments on this site pretty much epitomizes why argentina will never get the islands, and why it doesn't deserve them.<br />
Argentines are brainwashed their entire lives about the islands so their leaders may keep hold of the “malvinas” card which serves as a quick and easy vote winner. <br />
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now despite you having the whole Internet, and having the ability to look at the island's history without the taint of government inspired propaganda you refuse to do so. and despite many of you claiming to oppose the war and the needless suffering it caused, you continue to spew the same nationalistic delusions which led to the war in the first place<br />
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argentina has got neither the military, the economy, or any position of geopolitical power to force the UK to stop defending it's citizens on the islands, and Argentina's refusal to pursue the matter in the ICJ just show how weak it's claim is. <br />
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the best thing to do is leave the islands and the islanders alone, stop whining, and grow up
no wiki links please!
“ ... Vernet must have known about the British claim to the Falkland Islands. He submitted his land grant to the British Consulate in Buenos Aires, where Vice-Consul Charles Griffiths countersigned it
on 30 January 1828 ...”
“.... Parish asked to see Vernet and, on 25 April 1829, sent a despatch to the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Aberdeen, reporting his conversation with Vernet – Parish said, ”He would, I believe, be very happy if His Majesty’s Government would take his settlement under their protection: – He sails for the Falklands with his family in about a month, and intends to pass he says some years there in promoting the objects of this colony“...
” .. It should be noted here too that the government in Buenos Aires at that time was far from legal...”
Interesting question about the unlikely situation of all the islanders leaving. Obviously the British claim would remain but without the additional reinforcement of any population's right to self-determination. Under such circumstances I suppose the UK would have to consider what was in its bset interests, as all nations would do.
Luis Vernet - see Getting it Right: the real history of the Falklands/Malvinas
- That link is not proof of anything. How can you prove that?
How? How? How? How? How? Evidence, little man!
www.falklandshistory.org/spanish4.pdf
You are quite right about faroe (not Faroh) islands nw of Scotland.<br /><br />
The local people spell it Forayr which means sheep`s islands.<br /><br />
Like Falkland Isl. they too have own govt. ,flag,stamps etc.<br /><br />
Like the falklanders have the right to vote for total separation<br /><br />
from UK. people in Faroe Isl. can vote for seperation from Denmark, and if so they will get it. No doubt!<br /><br />
Foreign policy and defense questions are only negotiated subjects in common.<br /><br />
However there is one very significant difference. <br /><br />
Faroe Isl. don´t have any aggressive and colonialistic neighbours!!!<br /><br />
Dane.
www.malvinense.com.ar
Enjoy!!!!
I notice that that website of absolute gobble togder, is the same one claiming that the HMS invincible was sunk and that in fact Britain somehow lost all it's harriers....etc etc...
Come back with something a lot more substantive than overally patriotic webpages which are more than economical with factual history.
British officials said it. End of story.
Enjoy the truth!
I love how it gives a long list of countries we have granted independence, the typical but bizarre “It's closer” arguement and a smattering of other distortions of fact, But the real corker was this one:
“the subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to the United Nations Charter... they might enjoy complete freedom and independence”
-isn't that what Argentina wishes to subject the Islanders to? A relationship of Alien domination, exploitation (through taxes, plundering of their expertly managed fish stocks, and other resources?) and a denial of fundamental human rights (denial of self determination, and relegation to department status with a govenor from Argentina who has no mandate to rule them?)
-Quite, perhaps Argentina better reassess it's commitment to the UN charter, since it clearly refuses to abide by some of it's most sacred and hallowed principles, like the universal application of self determination, that the people are sovereign, that no one has the right to dictate peoples futures without their democratic consent.
- Can you STFU just for a day?
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