Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  Falklands Museum receives £60,000 donation from Consolidated Fisheries Limited

  

  The Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust (FIMNT) received a significant donation of £60,000 from Consolidated Fisheries Limited (CFL) on January 11 to assist in the construction of the Lookout Gallery & Exhibition Hall, a new building for the museum to display items which have no space in the Historic Dockyard Museum.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 08:34 UTC

  Falklands Household Power and Fuel Allowance – payments calendar

  

  The Falkland Islands Household Power and Fuel Allowance (HFPA) administrative team would like to inform the public that, all applications received in December are currently being processed and letters are scheduled to be sent out to all new applicants.

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Princess Royal congratulates FIGAS for their outstanding support in Falklands

  

  Following the visit of Her Highness the Princess Royal in November 2022, FIGAS have received a letter of congratulation following their work in enabling the Princess to visit the Camp and the Outer Islands
  A well deserved a letter to all the staff at FIGAS who work hard to ensure their passengers get the best services.

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Two humanitarian flights between Argentina and the Falklands carried out this week

  

  Two flights between Argentina and the Falkland Islands have been reported in the past few days for humanitarian reasons. One to Ushuaia was to bring an Argentina national and the one to Buenos Aires' Aeroparque was carried out for a US patient.

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 21:30 UTC

  Untracked flight between Buenos Aires and Mount Pleasant reported

  

  An Argentine-registered private aircraft has been reported to have performed a nonstop return trip between Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP/SABE) and the Mount Pleasant air base (MPN/EGYP) in the Falkland Islands late on Monday.

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Falklands' Loligo squid licenses prices climb 12% for the coming season beginning 26 February

  

  As the vessels catching Loligo squid leave Spain for the Falkland Islands, a leading newspaper from Vigo, closely linked to the Galician fishing industry lobby, El Faro de Vigo, praises the management of the Falklands fisheries, and catch results, but also complains about the cost of licenses, particularly since Falklands' Loligo entering the European Union is subject to tariffs. The piece on Falklands fisheries follows,

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

  Reminder of the Falkland Islands Status Amendments 2022

  

  In September 2022 the elected Legislative Assembly approved amendments to the Falkland Islands Status Ordinance 1998. The amended Ordinance narrows the definition of a “qualified person” (which at the moment includes a Commonwealth citizen), limiting the definition to include a British citizen, a British Overseas Territory citizen or a British Overseas citizen.

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands celebrated Margaret Thatcher's Day, remembering her visit 10 January 1983

  

  January 10 is a very special anniversary in the Falklands Islands because Margaret Thatcher's Day is celebrated. On this day in 1983 then Prime Minister Thatcher visited the Islands and was awarded the honorary freedom of the Falklands.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  President Fernández: British “usurpation” of Malvinas embarrassing

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday insisted that the British “usurpation” of the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands “should embarrass the whole world.”

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  SAERI: Climate change resilience in the Falklands Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

  

  The Falkland Islands (FI) historically lacked herbivorous mammals. The introduction of grazing animals has led to vegetation changes and soil erosion. The impact of these changes on wetland and aquatic habitats is not well-understood; limited past research suggests that water quality may remain fairly natural and is largely influenced by sea salt deposition and humic acids from peat runoff. Some studies, however, have shown evidence of human impacts, such as elevated nutrient concentrations in some ponds.