Fisheries

• 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.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Four Royal Navy patrol ships ready as of January to protect UK's fishing waters

  

  The British Ministry of Defense said four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready on Jan 1 to help protect Britain’s fishing waters in the event of a post Brexit no deal.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Boris Johnson assures he will raise the Falklands' issue at the EU

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised he will raise the matter of the Falklands fishery in the European Union after Labour MP Derek Twigg made representations on behalf of the Islands at Prime Minister’s Question Time on Wednesday.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 23:00 UTC

  Brexit and its impact: no representation of the Falklands case to the EU

  

  Complicated challenges ahead for the Falkland Islands as the Brexit deadline inexorably approaches. While the Falklands Government has made public assurances that it has worked hard to ensure the impact of Brexit on the Falklands...

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Argentine squid season south of parallel 44 takes off on January 16

  

  The 2021 Argentine squid season. south of parallel 44, takes off next 16 January, according to the country's Fisheries Federal Council, following on the scientific report from Inidep, the national fisheries research and development institute.

• Saturday, December 5th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands' trawler catches fire and sinks at Vigo port; probable total losses

  

  A Falkland Islands trawler “Baffin Bay” has sunk at the Galician port of Vigo where it was undergoing maintenance work. The Falklands' Department of Natural Resources reported that on the morning of Thursday 3 December 2020 it was advised of a fire onboard Fishing Vessel “Baffin Bay” while she was berthed at Bouzas in Vigo.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 16:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government position on fishing exports post-Brexit

  

  The Falkland Islands Government, both here and in London, have worked hard over the past four years to ensure that the impact of Brexit on the Falkland Islands was fully understood by the UK government.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands' seafood industry concerned with Brexit outcome and likely imposition of EU tariffs

  

  The Executive Secretary of the Falklands Islands Fishing Companies Association FIFCA, James Bates would like to issue the following press statement.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  A new home for the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority

  

  From Tuesday 1 December 2020 the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority will sit within the Directorate of Emergency Services and Island Security (DESIS). For over 30 years the Directorate of Natural Resources (formally Fisheries) was the home of the maritime function. However, in recent years, the government has been working towards meeting both its national and international obligations, leading to the establishment of the Maritime Authority in 2018.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  UK reduces foreign aid spending; Baroness Sugg resigns over the decision, “it's fundamentally wrong”

  

  Britain reduced its foreign aid spending commitment on Wednesday to 0.5% of gross domestic product from 0.7%, causing junior minister Baroness Liz Sugg to resign and an immediate outcry from development organizations and the spiritual head of the Church of England.