Bumper Loligo squid season in Falklands with over 34.900 tons
Falkland Islands fishing companies had tons of reasons to be cheerful as the first Loligo squid season of 2012 drew to a close last weekend.
Director of Fisheries John Barton described the season as, “bumper,” explaining that 34.900 tons had been caught by the mainly Falklands’ vessels involved; that is more than the entire catch of 2011 when a total of 34,600 tons was caught.
Fourteen Falklands flagged vessels make up the Loligo fleet plus one British and another from Spain.
Commenting on the success of the season Beauchene Fishing Company Ltd owner Cheryl Roberts confirmed, “it has been an absolutely brilliant season; one of our vessels transhipped three times and another twice.”
Other companies to enjoy the season were Argos Ltd, Fortuna Ltd., RBC Ltd, Southern Cross Ltd, Seaview Ltd and Seafish Ltd.
Director Barton added “that the Ilex season is still going along but with fairly modest catch levels.”
Although total Illex squid catch is up to 64.000 tonnes, which is reasonable, there are around 90 jiggers involved compared to the 16 in the Loligo Illex fishery, thus catch per vessel is relatively low.
Asked if it seemed likely the season would shut early Mr Barton said “we will keep an eye on it,” but emphasised there was no immediate danger. He said “there have been a lot of years when we haven’t caught anywhere near that.”
With regard to finfish, Fisheries Department scientists are currently involved in a conservation research project on board Castelo, said Mr. Barton. This involves, “looking at doing a bit more work on mesh size trials to see if there is scope to introduce different minimum mesh sizes.”
If mesh sizes are larger, smaller fish such as rock cod will be able to escape before being brought on board the vessels rather than being discarded after being caught.
Training for crew
A number of crew of Falklands owned fishing vessels are currently undertaking Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) safety awareness and risk assessment courses, Mrs Roberts also confirmed when speaking to Penguin News.
Beauchene Fishing Company Ltd, “have brought an inspector down to carry the training for crews of our two vessels along with some of the crew for CFL Gambler, Consolidated Fisheries long-liner,” she explained.
The training takes place over six days and is being conducted at the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs Roberts described it as a positive move that, “more is being done within the Islands with local companies and with our joint venture companies in relation to the Falklands fishing industry.”
European show
Mrs Roberts who is also Chair of the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA) noted that FIFCA will be attending and manning a stand at the annual European Seafood Exposition in Brussels running from April 24-26. She commented “we will be interested to see how the Loligo prices are standing up. (Penguin News)
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“Bumper Loligo squid season in Malvinas with over 34.900 tons”
Is an elegant way of saying:
Shitty Ilex squid season in Malvinas with under 64.000 tons.....
Keep clutching at straws. Can you twist the story any more to try to make it negative? The negatives are only for those who wish to see things go badly for us islanders. For the Falklands economy there is nothing negative or overr-optimistic about this story at all.
Maybe the great “Doctor” Bingham can help you turn it into the miserable news you would love it to be.
After reading this I think I'll order the squid rings for a starter tonight. Yum! I can taste them now.
How very kind of you. It is so comforting to know that people care about our situation.
If squid is cooked correctly it is lovely but the longer it is cooked the more like rubber it becomes. When I cook it it normally ends up like tyre inner tube so I generally wait to have it at a restaurant where I know they'll do it well. LOL!
Don't worry about “Think” he can't stand it when good news is reported about the Falklands. He hates the fact that after all the best efforts of the corrupt Argentinian government, the Falkands are still doing very nicely thank you. Keep up the good work by the way guys!!
As for his comment about the squid , well, we all know where that came from don't we? Now, if you were talking about turnips..................
Then he feels quite sad.
it's good news for the fleet,
less good news for the individual ships,
and even less good news for the squid themselves.
We need to know if this is a good story or a bad story.
Crucial information is missing -
(i) what is the calculated size of the sustainable catch for the year/year-class, and
(ii) how does the yield match the projections for today's and future stock levels.
(iii) Can this information be relied upon in the absence of reliable scientific and harvesting information from Argentinian sources about same-stock and yield levels in their contiguous waters.
34.900 tons aint too shabby for a population of 3,000 :-))))))
Lining the ducks up in a row and waiting for BOR to release it news. Good or bad I have been able to de-risk on the rocketing SP for the past three days. The Beef is sitting pretty.
Fortunately other aquatic life are less discerning so my usual contact with an ilex involves attaching it to a chemically sharpened hook.
Should one live in the falklands, you could simply eat squid all day if you have enough chili.
The illex squid is a different matter because it transits the high seas and Argentine waters as well as entering the Falklands zone. The quantities caught are therefore unregulated and escapement rates cannot be guaranteed. There used to be a SA Fisheries Commission which included Argentine, Falklands and UK scientists who met regularly, exchanged data and agreed safe fishing levels. Argentina withdrew from the committee because we refused to discuss sovereignty (in a science/conservation committee !!) The SWA remains to only major ocean area in the world that has no regional fisheries management agreement because Argentina will not join such discussions. Monumentally irresponsible.
Well done Falklands!
Hey
Have a couple of squid on us to tide you over the water,
Until your boat come in .
.
Probably one of the reasons why the Falklands Zone(and South Georgia,s) has a very high International Reputation as a well managed fishery.
Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce of fishing companies:
www.falklandislandschamberofcommerce.com/business.php?id=11
Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association: www.sartma.com/artc_9279_ALL_114_1.html
Interesting to see what fishing/cargo/cruise ships are around the Falklands, using Live Ships ship tracker. Right now, some fishing ships, cargo, tankers: www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Bravo Argentina,ole! Down with the brits imperialist!
What the brits complain about??
In 1958, Iceland took action, extending an exclusive economic zone beyond its internationally recognized territorial waters. The country argued that this was necessary to protect the threatened cod fishery, and it pledged to enforce the zone with the assistance of a quota system and the Icelandic Coast Guard. Britain resented the move, and it sent fishing ships into the exclusive economic zone, along with escorts, setting off the first Cod War in fall 1958. After a few months of deliberate collisions, net cutting, and warning shots, the first Cod War ended with a treaty and an agreement to take future disputes to the International Court of Justice.
The Cod Wars, known in Icelandic as Þorskastríðin or Landhelgisstríðin, were not over. In 1972, Iceland extended the exclusive economic zone again, in an attempt to revive the failing fishery by forcing international producers out. The two countries almost literally went to war in 1973, but the crisis was averted after a series of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) talks. In 1975, however, another Cod War broke out, when the British refused to recognize the economic exclusion zone and Iceland once again sent out Coast Guard ships to enforce it. This time, Iceland threatened to withdraw from NATO and close a NATO base unless their demands were meant, and a final treaty was reached.
AHHAHAHAHHAHAH,poor deluded brits imperilist
“Obama Warns Iceland on Whaling Activity”:
green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/obama-warns-iceland-on-whaling-activity/
Well I am not concern about NATO or no NATO.Only the fish war,and that uk CAN NOT abosolutely complain about Argentina.We have all the rigth to defend Argentina.....So NO COMPLAIN!!
Oh the poor hungry Argies,
Hey
Have a couple of squid on us to tide you over the water,
Until your boat come in .
Now the master chimp wrote again...
AHAHAHHAAHAHAHAH
For two decades until 2005, Argentina and the Falkland Islands cooperated on the management of the valuable squid to make sure stocks did not collapse.
But then Argentina decided it would no longer work together on how much could be caught.
Stuart Wallace, director of Falkland-based fishing company Fortuna, said: ‘It is grotesquely irresponsible to kill hundreds of millions of them when they’re only a few centimetres long just to stop them getting into your neighbour’s waters.
‘They know exactly what they’re
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084995/Falkland-Islands-Argentina-starts-squid-war.html#ixzz1sbMl7TqS
AHAHHAHAHA BRAVO ARGENTINA!!! OLE!
It doesn't look like Argentina's fish war had much of an effect. Not much to complain about really.
A plea to the Argentine government: Please do whatever it was you did in the lead up to this season again next season!
It's funny to see Malvinistas going loopy when a story on how the Falkland Islands' econemy is prospering.
The Argeninian econemy on the other hand “has all the prospects of a toilet duck” to quote the great David Jason
Yep, I agree with you. Wagamamas do it really well. So too does the Malvina Hotel.
And the idiot would have Isolde believe it was a compliment.
So, 'I don't Think' I have just paid you a compliment: what do you think of that?I don't think I will be making any more compliments to you 'I don't Think'.
dont forget
2.30pm tomorrow
asylum room 303,
dont be late .
but he is very very lonly,
he only comes on here for someone to talk to,
then he quickly reverts back to his native ways.
You very likely have lice and you almost certainly smell.
Now kindly leave this forum , so that us first worlders can better discuss new ways of exploiting ignorant little shits like you , before the Chinese do it first .
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