Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 21st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina licences for 106 jiggers

  Despite objections, Argentine authorities are allowing 15 bare boat jigger charters to participate in this year's squid harvest in Argentine waters. The Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) decided that a fleet of 57 registered jiggers, plus the 19 jiggers that were added for the current season and a bare boat chartered jigger fleet of up to 30 vessels was compatible with a sustainable fishery.

• Friday, February 21st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Students conquer Tumbledown; 'Albatross death' ship fined; FLH sheep shortage; Flight trends viewed.

• Thursday, February 20th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  British Member of Parliament urges “Dialogue with Argentina”.

  A Conservative Member of the British Parliament has urged the Falkland Islands Government to enter into a dialogue with the Argentine Government on, 'matters of mutual interest'.

• Thursday, February 20th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines: Chubut vessel owners warned: no records, no permit; Argentina's tariffs hit Ecuadorian tuna; Fisheries development top priority for Brazil; Scientists cracking white shrimp genetic code; Shellfish sector considers industrial seed production; WWF warns fish farming eating into wild fish stocks.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Kofi Annan appeals to G 24.

  Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General has called on the administering Powers of listed colonies and the UN Committee of 24 to work together in the search for “innovative and practical ways to reinvigorate the decolonisation process and enable us to close this unfinished chapter in history.”

• Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Marco Polo” in Antarctic emergency.

  The luxurious “Marco Polo” with 538 passengers and a crew of 320 had to return urgently to Ushuaia after experiencing three cracks in the hull while sailing in the South Shetland Islands.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines: Punta Arenas loosing to Ushuaia; Milk scare; Wine exports up; Ushuaia, Calafate and Puerto Madryn; Santiago airport and Lan Chile praises; The most obese in Chile.

• 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.