Fisheries

• Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands fishing companies first reaction to the UK/EU post Brexit agreement

  

  The Falklands Islands Fishing Companies Association have made public a first reaction to the post Brexit agreement announced by the UK and the European Union, in which they assess the impact of the deal which excludes any consideration of exports from the Falklands to the EU:

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Galicia disappointed with fisheries post Brexit deal, pledges a belligerent attitude to recover lost fishing rights

  

  Spain's regional government of Galicia has publicly expressed its concern about the fisheries chapter in the recently agreed UK/EU post/Brexit trade deal, which it considers will have a cost of 190 million Euros for the regional fleet and anticipates it will adopt a “belligerent” attitude to recover the lost fishing rights of the regional industry,

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Japan plans to catch some 383 large whales this season

  

  Japanese authorities have set the catch limit for the upcoming whaling season at 383 large whales – a number identical to that set in the last catch earlier this year.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  A year that will go down in Falklands history

  

  For many people, 2020 has been a year they would like to forget. But it’s a year that will go down in Falklands history for one very positive reason.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Brexit “final push”: EU prepared to yield in fisheries issue but UK proposal “totally unacceptable”

  

  The European Union is making a “final push” to strike a Brexit trade deal with Britain, although there are still deep rifts over fishing rights, the bloc’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 08:16 UTC

  FAO report on the lanternfish in the deep Atlantic Ocean

  

  Deep below the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, glowing objects glide through the inky black depths. On closer inspection, it is clear that they are actually a special group of fish, lanternfish, who get their name from their incredible ability to produce light.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  French mayor threatens with a “Falklands' war” if no accord is reached on UK/EU fishing waters

  

  The French Mayor Frederic Couvillier, of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, has threatened the UK with a “Falklands War” pertaining the dispute over the fishing waters with the European Union. Furthermore, the mayor warned of the threat of an armed conflict in light of the looming Brexit deadline.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  China planning fleet of 50 large scale fish farming vessels

  

  Construction of the world's first 100,000-ton large-scale fish farming ship started in Qingdao of East China's Shandong Province on Saturday, pioneering a new mode of industrial farming with “movable fish farms” on distant seas.

• Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Falklands' register for UK's new polar ship RRS Sir David Attenborough

  

  Britain’s new polar ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has been registered on the British register of ships at Stanley, Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  WTO fails to agree rules on over-fishing; billions of dollars spent subsidizing fishing fleets

  

  World Trade Organization negotiators have failed to reach a deal by a year-end deadline to cut the subsidies that have helped decimate the world’s fish stocks, but will try again next year, the chairman of the talks said on Monday.