MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2013, MercoPress. http://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Bumper Loligo squid season in Falklands with over 34.900 tons]]> John Barton says this first Loligo season is more than the entire catch of 2011 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.

]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:39:00 GMT <![CDATA[Encouraging start for the Falklands 2012 Ilex season: almost 100 jiggers operating]]> Director of Natural Resources Department John Barton The Falkland Islands government has issued a high number of licenses for the 2012 Ilex season with almost a hundred jiggers operating which compares positively to previous years, according to the Director of Natural Resources John Barton.

]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:03:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands condemns Argentina for early opening of the Illex fishery]]> Fears that the measure could repeat the “sad demise” of the Southern Blue Whiting in the South Atlantic The new Chair of the Falkland Islands Fishing Company Association condemned Argentina for their two month early opening of their illex (squid) fishing season, “with complete disregard for conservation of the stock”.

]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:24:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands’ Illex: one good season does not transform an industry]]> John Barton, Falklands Director of Fisheries, a ‘reasonable’ catch of 80.000 tons Despite a relatively buoyant 2011 Illex fishing season and “some optimism for the future,” one jigging company went out of business and others had problems finding the funds to pay licence fees said The Falkland Islands Director of Fisheries John Barton.

]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:29:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands refuses refund request from fishing companies on ‘value of catch’]]> Director of Fisheries John Barton, moderate catches this season Some fishing companies are feeling “a bit hard done by” having been caught out by a change in the Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department refunds policy implemented for 2011, said Director of Fisheries John Barton.

]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:15:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina’s high expectations for the squid season are rapidly fading]]> Falklands Natural Resources Director John Barton called for the joint management of the South West Atlantic fisheries Encouraging expectations for the Illex argentinus squid season appear to be fading in Argentina. Following a start with good catches and high expectations, the average daily output of squid is now only around five tons in the area between parallels 44º and 46º South Atlantic.

]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:22:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands’ encouraging Illex season: 88 jigging licences issued]]> The average daily catch per jigger has climbed to 20 tons Following on from the appearance of what appears to have been more jiggers than normal in Stanley harbour recently, Falkland Islands Director of Natural Resources John Barton says there are some 80 Illex jiggers licensed and fishing in Falkland Islands zones at present, and 88 jigging licences have been issued.

]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:07:00 GMT <![CDATA[Jiggers queue early for the Falkland Islands Illex squid licenses]]> Jiggers and more jiggers in Stanley harbor (Photo: Sharon Jaffray) MORE than thirty, mainly Taiwanese, jiggers crowded into Stanley Harbour early this week prior to the beginning of the Falkland Islands Illex fishery season.

]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:57:00 GMT <![CDATA[Poor Start to Falklands Illex Season]]> Fisheries research vessel Venturer VESSELS fishing for the squid species Illex argentinus in Falklands waters have been reporting poor catches of around two and five ton per day so far this season, confirmed Falkland Islands Fisheries Scientist Alexander Arkhipkin.

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