Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Reappointments made to the Marine Management Organization Board

  

  Solicitor, Falkland Islands former Attorney General and SAERI Chair Peter Judge MBE, together with David Lyall have been reappointed to the Board of the Marine Management Organization. MMO has a wide range of responsibilities, which include implementing plan-led marine management, licensing marine works, and managing UK fishing fleet capacity and UK fisheries quotas.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Princess Anne visits MPC and meets Falklands' residents at a reception

  

  Princess Anne during her third day in the Falkland Islands was at Mount Pleasant Complex, where she was able to meet military staff from the different services and observe much of the equipment deployed to ensure the defense of the Islands and the security of the international airport, the air bridge linking with UK.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  New trawler-freezer to join Falkland’s squid fisheries in 2024

  

  Shipbuilders Nodosa from Marin in Galicia, Spain has formalized the construction of a new freezer trawler, for Orion Fishing Company Ltd., an association of Pereira SA from Vigo with the Falkland Islands Argos Group Ltd. The new trawler is scheduled to be delivered in 2024.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 06:46 UTC

  Princess Anne leads Remembrance ceremony at Falklands Liberation Memorial

  

  Busy agenda for Princess Anne on her first day of activities in the Falkland Islands, where she arrived on Thursday for a six-day visit. In a beautiful sunny Friday morning Princess Royal, marked the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' conflict with a special wreath-laying ceremony at the 1982 Liberation Memorial in Stanley.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Sei whale breeding song identified for the first time in Falklands' waters

  

  Acoustic research by wildlife charity, Falklands Conservation (FC), and the non-profit African Aquatic Conservation Fund (AACF), has revealed seasonal singing by sei whales in the Falkland Islands, documenting a breeding song display in this Endangered cetacean for the first time.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Drones survey wildlife populations in South Georgia

  

  Next-generation fixed-wing drones, capable of operating autonomously beyond the standard visual line of sight, are creating datasets of major wildlife populations around South Georgia for long-term monitoring to aid conservation efforts.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Princess Anne and Parliamentary Group at Falklands' Liberation Monument for Act of Remembrance

  

  Princess Anne, King Charles III sister, and a group of MPs, are currently in the Falkland Islands and the following arrangements have been made for Friday 18 November 2022 to enable Her Royal Highness and the All Party Parliamentarian Group to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  “Huge thank you”, for the success of Veterans pilgrimage to Falklands

  

  The success of the November 9/15 visit to the Falkland Islands of 130 Falklands Veterans and next of kin, has been underlined by the Chair of the 40th anniversary Committee and Governor Alison Blake. Letters of gratitude to all the Falkland Islanders for their generosity in hosting and caring for the visitors have been published in the Penguin News.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Falklands' electricity price up from December first; power allowance scheme for households

  

  Due to the continued impact of increasing fuel prices, the Falkland Islands Government announced that in accordance with Regulation 10A of the Electricity Supply Regulations 1969, there will be a change in the price of electricity supplied to consumers.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough leaves for Falklands and Antarctica next Sunday

  

  Next Sunday, 20 November, Falklands flagged he RRS Sir David Attenborough departs from Harwich for a short stop at Portsmouth to take on fuel before leaving for Antarctica. Its first point of call will be the City of Stanley, Falkland Islands, three and a half weeks later. From there it will continue to the freezing region, fully loaded and with its capacity for lodging sixty scientists.