Odyssey Marine Exploration is to suspend its mission to recover lost treasure off Gibraltar from HMS Sussex despite reporting that it has received positive preliminary comments from Spain relating to the shipwreck site.
Fines and prosecution costs totalling over £ 300,000 were imposed Tuesday to a long-liner caught poaching in South Georgia by the Falkland Islands court. South Georgia is rich in the valuable Patagonian toothfish.
According to the Directors of the oil company Desire Petroleum there are at least One Billion barrels of oil waiting to be exploited in an area north of the Falkland Islands.
The imminent closure of the Auckland Islands squid fishery after a report that it has killed over 100 sea lions this year highlights the need for the fishery to change its fishing method, according to Forest and Bird.
THE Old Central Store in Stanley's dockyard is undergoing a face-lift.
The Store was built in the summer of 1843/44 and was one of the first buildings to be constructed on the site of the new town of Stanley, Falkland Islands.
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Desire aspires to summer drilling; Face-lift for historic Store;
Briefly: Reaction to illex closure; A royal wedding gift; HM's birthday holiday; Astor is final cruiser; Summer time Ends; Apology.
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Britain's commitment to Gibraltar unchanged; Spain presses for nuclear sub reassurance; MPs urge Hoon to halt Mod reorganization.
Unless conservation measures can be extended to the high seas there's always a risk that actions taken in the EEZs are undermined, said Falkland Islands Fisheries Department Director John Barton following the Islands decision to close the Illex squid season as of Wednesday 08:00 hours.
Falkland Islands Fisheries Department announced Tuesday the early closure of the Illex season for conservation reasons beginning Wednesday April 13, at 08:00 hours.
An exhibition book of UK media coverage of the Falklands will be on display at Standard Chartered Bank in Stanley next week.
The publicity has been generated by Keene, the public relations consultancy for the Falkland Islands Government.