Falkland Islands

• Monday, February 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:Improving lamb breeding; Cholera alert in Santiago; Chilean finances in the red; Free trade agreement with Korea; Farmers' week; Joint Antarctic patrolling.

• Sunday, February 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  DAP helicopter operations.

  Punta Arenas based DAP airlines that pioneered flights from Chile to the Falkland Islands in the early nineties have incorporated two helicopters to its regional fleet of aircraft.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  International Fisheries News

  Headlines: Australian armed patrols to combat toothfish poaching; December 2002 inventory figures released; Marine fish farming offers huge economic opportunity; Private sector funds shrimp research; Brazil after Spanish know-how; EUR 40.8 million for Spanish fisheries.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Tourism insurance FIDC take advice / Squid conference / FIDC defend project / Dennis home at last - thank you say Middletons / Mental Health new officer / Kays overseas close / Vehicle accident / MP's pay a visit.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Actualización Penguin News

  Titulares: FIDC se asesora por seguros para Turismo / Conferencia sobre calamar / FIDC defiende proyecto / Dennis finalmente en casa - familia Middleton agradece / Nueva encargada de Salud Mental / Kays ultramar cierra / Vehículo accidentado / Diputados de visita.

• Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Fish exports surpass traditional beef sales

  Argentina: In 2002, exports of raw and processed fish and shellfish surpassed beef, both meat products and livestock, which is traditionally the country's staple export commodity.

• Thursday, February 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Epic long-distance toothfish swim

  Scientists say that a fish normally found only in South Atlantic waters must have made an epic unprecedented journey of eight-thousand miles (nearly 13-thousand kilometres) when it was caught off the coast of Greenland. The furthest north that a Patagonian toothfish has previously been caught is in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay.

• Thursday, February 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines: Spanish rock cod project in Southwest Atlantic; Fishing companies take subsidy battle to WTO; Galicia calls for ban to reduce fishing effort; Lula vetoes unemployment benefits for fishermen; Proposed Bush budget hikes fisheries funding; Researchers recycle aquaculture waste as fertiliser; Special compensations in Galicia postponed

• Wednesday, February 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Penguin Deaths Appeal

  Mysterious mass penguin deaths in Falklands Islands waters has prompted the wildlife charity, Falklands Conservation, to intensify its appeal in the United Kingdom for funds to help combat the tragedy unfolding at sea and on land as the penguins stagger ashore to die.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  UK approval for Belgrano expedition

  The planned expedition to try to locate the wreck of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano sunk in the 1982 Falklands War, prominently reported in Argentina, has made much less impact in Britain where the news is dominated by the prospect of a new war ? with Iraq.