Faklands’ Consolidated toothfish fishery under assessment for certification
Falkland Islands Consolidated Fisheries Ltd has announced that the Falklands longline Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery has entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
This fishery will be the first in Falkland Islands waters to seek certification and, if successful, will further increase the number of MSC certified toothfish fisheries around the world. The assessment will be conducted by the independent certification body, Intertek Moody Marine, who will evaluate the fishery against the MSC Standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries which assess the sustainability of the fish stock, the environmental impacts of fishing activity and the management systems in place.
In preparing for the assessment, Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (CFL) has been working closely with the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department, the Falkland Island Government department responsible for the management of the fishery, the scientific research and development which underpins the good governance of all local fisheries in the Islands and the overall guardianship of the Falkland Islands Conservation Zone.
The longline toothfish fishery comprises all areas within the Falkland Islands Conservation Inner and Outer Zones beyond three miles of the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured and where the water depth is 600 metres or greater. The current Total Allowable Catch for the fishery is 1,200 metric tonnes per year with the entire quota being held by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd.
CFL is a local company, established in 1994 and owned by a number of Falkland Island fishing companies and individuals.
It owns one vessel, the CFL Gambler, and operates exclusively within the Falkland Islands with Patagonian Toothfish being the sole targeted species. The company is a founding member of the Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators (COLTO) and funds many scientific research projects into toothfish within the Islands.
CFL Chair Tom Blake said: “The company has every confidence in the high standard of fisheries management and environmental measures practised within the Islands and we look forward to achieving international recognition, through MSC certification, of the sustainability principles promoted by us in the local fishing industry, the Falkland Islands Government and the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department.”
MSC Fisheries Outreach Manager, UK, Claire Pescod, said: “I'm very pleased to welcome the Consolidated Fisheries Ltd toothfish fishery into full assessment. There is a strong demand for MSC certified, demonstrably sustainable toothfish and I wish CFL a swift and successful assessment.” (PN/MP).-
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And look
www.perfil.com/contenidos/2012/08/21/noticia_0016.html
Nice try Malen but not the same fish. LOL!
Merluza is hake, you numpty.
www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=467&GenusName=Dissostichus&SpeciesName=eleginoides&StockCode=481
but not to be confused with Argentine hake, (merluza argentina)
www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=325&GenusName=Merluccius&SpeciesName=hubbsi&StockCode=339
' what has this “our patagonian” merluza to be with Fallklands??'
It knows it is more likely to be properly conserved in Falkland waters than in Argentine waters.
Yes we have it here, you can find it here, what are you going to do with our patagonian black merluza?? Black merluza are in arg waters.
Aug 22nd, 2012 - 02:23 pm
Oh I dunno they have claimed far far sillier things and in all seriousness.
I've no idea what you're talking about.
This isn't about any fish in Argentine waters. It's about the FI toothfish fishery.
You can do what you like. You can carry on eating 'merluza' 'all the time'.
We'll just carry on fishing sustainably, and looking after our resources. We don't have to ask you. It might well benefit you actually, but there's no way of avoiding that.
The islanders are so funny and the UK team deserves to work in a Circus...
3,ooo retards living in the islands for “fishing”.....
jejejejejaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
sorry guys.. I cannot shows good manners to the islanders and the UK team
I tried to act like a lady...but, you guys are so imbecil!
LOL! Haven't heard that argument used regarding fishing before.
“Have you considered that these fish just don't like you? Surely you can understand that. The Falklanders don't like you. WE don't like you. Why should fish be any different?”
Love it! hahaha
@15 SussieUS
Be careful I think US immigration is looking for you.
At least you got the bit about acting correct because surely a lot of acting would be required if you were to pull that one off.
Malen, you deadbeat, you got your fish types mixed up. Just admit it and fuck off.
Again?... The issue of my legal residence in the USA ....bother you?
Hey...I have nothing to hide:
Susana Brown
1901 East Apache Blvd. #114
Tempe, Arizona 85281
USA
.....So, what is your reply.................................................
None needed, you bite well young Jedi, lmao
Please, be fair I don't nothing to hide. But false allegations about my legal residence in the USA has to stop!
Nobody cares where you live.
Actually US immigration would be interested, I think I might just email them that address and let them know there is an illigal toilet cleaning scrubber hiding there. ;)
YOU are so imbecil....
I don't work...so why you make such stupid comments!....
Hey!..... Briton, Conqueror, Conor Louden-Brown, Captain Poppy, Isolde, Ynsere, Skare...all idiots from the UK team keeps rattling the same tune,...“she is an illegal”....“she is a maid”...for what?
Get a life!....son of a bitch!
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