Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, August 18th 2009 - 00:40 UTC

  Falklands Patrol Vessel Ready For Action

  

  FALKLANDS Fishery Patrol Vessel Protegat is ready for action since a refit that not only brings the vessel up to UK Maritime Coastguard standards but enhances her fishery protection and research capabilities.On August 16, Protegat returned from Montevideo, Uruguay following a two month re-fit.

• Friday, August 14th 2009 - 09:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Boost for Camp ranks on new RDS advisory group; TV blackout to continue

• Thursday, August 13th 2009 - 08:15 UTC

  Whale tooth carved with Darwin’s “Beagle” set to fetch £ 50.000

  

  A whale's tooth decorated by a marine on board the Beagle during Charles Darwin's expedition is set to fetch £50,000 at auction next September 16th, reports The Telegraph. The scrimshaw, a piece of work created by a whaler, depicts two images of HM Sloop Beagle, one when she was at sea and the other when she was beached for repair at Santa Cruz in Argentina in 1834.

• Thursday, August 13th 2009 - 08:09 UTC

  Mining giant BHP Billiton profits slump 51% and sales 16%

  

  Annual profits at mining giant BHP Billiton have more than halved after demand for commodities slumped. The company has more than 100 operations across the world, including South America and the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2009 - 19:40 UTC

  Back to the sea for Falklands fisheries research

  

  AFTER eighteen months without a research vessel, the Fisheries Department (FIFD) will be back on the water in October 2009 with a survey in the western parts of the FICZ. The survey will examine the distribution and abundance of hoki and Patagonian hake returning to their feeding grounds after spawning in Argentinean and Chilean waters.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2009 - 11:55 UTC

  Falklands’ readies new grenadier commercial fishery

  

  Enough studies have taken place to include a new grenadier (Macrourus spp.) fishery in the Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) system under the commercial category, said Falkland Islands Director of Fisheries John Barton.

• Monday, August 10th 2009 - 12:07 UTC

  British Antarctic Survey in new bid to fly from Falklands

  

  The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is standing by its policy to use the Falkland Islands as its gateway to the frozen continent. That’s the message delivered by John Pye, head of logistics at BAS, who was in the Islands for a whistle-stop visit at the weekend.

• Monday, August 10th 2009 - 11:31 UTC

  Don’t forget UK troops in Falklands, says Conservative MP

  

  United Kingdom Defence chiefs should not let the war in Afghanistan distract them from the needs of other British soldiers around the world such as the Falkland Islands, warns a Tory MP.

• Friday, August 7th 2009 - 12:02 UTC

  Falklands: Cruise numbers to slump as major operator pulls the plug

  

  Retailers in Stanley are being urged to work smarter for the tourist dollar as future domestic cruise seasons face potentially devastating losses.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2009 - 12:58 UTC

  First man on the moon on Falklands cruise next November

  

  The legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong who landed on the moon 40 years ago, is set to visit the Falkland Islands this coming cruise season. The pioneer who took that first “small step for man” will be aboard the National Geographic Explorer for a 21-day cruise to South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica in November.