Falkland Islands

• Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:
  International Tourism Day; Hepatitis A: thirty cases; “Esmeralda” to call in Punta Arenas; New jetty for methanol and oil; Save Tierra del Fuego trees; Lobbying for a marine conservation park; Three shoplifters per day;

• Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Governor Pearce offered a conference in the World Fishing Exhibition Vigo 2003.

  The concluded this Sunday. The event not only exceeded the organisation expectations, but also enabled some business that could become historical for the Spanish fishery, pointed out Alfonso Paz Andrade, president of the Exhibition Executive Committee, during the closing ceremony.

• Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Rescue plane lands at South Pole base.

  After days of delays, a rescue flight reached the South Pole on Saturday to pick up an ailing worker at a research station there.

• Friday, September 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday 19th update

  Headlines: Portillo to support Falklands at Argentine/British conference?; Watch your feet; Meat overboard; Penguins online; ExCo approve issue of Falklands £2 coin; Blonde angel arrest; Gurkhas recorded.

• Friday, September 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Vigo all decked out for World Fishing Exhibition; Chilean shipyard booming with foreign orders; Merger with Chilean group boosts fishery potential; Russia plans aggressive fishing expansion; China agrees to cooperate in jack mackerel fishery; Seafood trade barriers could disappear by 2005; Growing overseas resistance to EU fisheries policy; Japan signs agreement with Solomon Islands.

• Thursday, September 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Weather blocks South Pole rescue.

  Snow and winds gusting to more than 45 mph grounded two planes Monday, delaying the rescue of a seriously ill man working at the United States' South Pole research station.

• Wednesday, September 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News.

  Headlines:
  Massive tourist exodus; Red tide strikes southern Chile; Ozone day in Punta Arenas.

• Tuesday, September 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:
  US dollar falls to 670 Chilean pesos; Sun eclipse charter flight; Magallanes wool for India;
  Beef prices controversy.

• Monday, September 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  New satellite monitoring system comes into force this week.

  The argentine government is launching the new satellite monitoring system this week to replace the Monpesat system, which ceased operating almost two years ago. The new system, designed for the offshore fleet operating in domestic waters, will come into operation on 17 September

• Sunday, September 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Foreigners “plundering” Chilean fisheries.

  Chilean fishermen are up in arms over the presence of around 20 foreign vessels fishing in the country's EEZ or very close the maritime border. The vessels are registered in China, Korea, Russia, and even Greece and some of them have even been spotted in the country's main fishing area, between Regions V and IX.