FALKLANDS squid is not reaching its full market potential because of its name, the Fisheries Committee has heard.
Reporting on the meeting of the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) held at Government House on July 27th, Governor Pearce said that some 3 million euros (£2.06 million) allocated to the Falklands from the 9th European Development Fund in November 2001, had still not found their way into the Islands' Treasury.
A brand new comprehensive photographic guide to Falkland Islands' wildlife has just been published, reports Falklands Conservation.
Falklands Conservation launched its latest publication Important Bird Areas of the Falkland Islands at the Falkland Islands Government Office in London on 25 July 2006.
Rapidly rising costs of overseas medical treatment have caused the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the medical services to come up with new guidelines for patient referral and other measures designed to keep future expenditure within budget.
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In a radio interview today, Councillor, Mike Summers, pledged his government's continued support for the Falkland Islands Meat Company, (FIMCO) which operates the Islands' only abattoir. This is despite the fact that the company, which is already highly subsidised by the Falkland Islands Government, made a net loss this year of some £426,000.
The Falkland Islands Government Councillors' Office announced this week that four Conservative members of the British Parliament and a senior civil servant will visit the Falkland Islands from 21st August to 26th August under the auspices of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme
UK Company FOGL has signed a letter of intent with US Survey Offshore CSEM to undertake a Controlled Source Electro-Magnetic survey (CSEM) over the company's licences in the South and East Falkland Basins.
Some hope for the future expansion of land-based tourism in the Falkland Islands is offered by high-level meetings, which are shortly to take place involving the British Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence.