Fisheries

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.
Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 08:43 UTC
UK recovers full control of its fishing waters; automatic rights for EU vessels revoked

The UK’s first major domestic fisheries legislation in nearly 40 years passed into law. The Fisheries Act 2020 gives the UK full control of its fishing waters for the first time since 1973. The Fisheries Act will enable UK to control who fishes in British waters through a new foreign vessel licensing regime and ends the current automatic rights for EU vessels to fish in UK waters.
Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Fishermen cut beaks off albatrosses in south-west Atlantic fisheries

A new study has documented a harrowing but increasingly prevalent trend, in which fishermen cut the bills off live albatrosses in order to free them from hooks. Once this barbaric procedure has been performed, trawlermen throw the endangered seabirds back into the ocean to die.
Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Uruguay authorities pledge to improve conditions for Spanish fishing vessels in port of Montevideo

Uruguayan authorities have pledged to respond to complaints from the Spanish fleet fishing in the South Atlantic and which normally operates from the port of Montevideo where they call for supplies and cargo transshipments.
Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Prime Minister Johnson confirms Tristan da Cunha Marine Protection Zone

More than 4.3 million sq. km of some of the world’s most precious marine environment – 1% of all the world’s ocean – will be protected following the success of the UK’s Blue Belt Programme, the Prime Minister has confirmed.
Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 10:27 UTC
Montevideo port loses lure for Falklands licensed Spanish fishing fleet

At least four Spanish fishing vessels, which normally operate in the South Atlantic, most of them with Falklands' licenses, left for Vigo and Marin in Galicia, avoiding transshipment operations in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, according to the country's leading Maritime and ports information report.