Tag: Andrea Clausen

• Sunday, March 1st 2020 - 13:35 UTC

  Falklands Illex season has assembled some 105 licensed jiggers

  

  The Falkland Islands are expecting some 105 jiggers to take the Illex licenses, which is a “normal” number for the season while preliminary results anticipate an abundant catch. “The usual” 105 jiggers plus one trawler has accepted the Illex license offers, confirmed earlier in the week Director of Natural Resources Dr Andrea Clausen.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Falklands' government and fishing companies agree accord to underpin future of the industry

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA) have agreed an Accord to underpin the future of the industry. The Accord acknowledges that the Falkland Islands has a strong commitment to quality, sustainability and the environment.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 19:29 UTC

  Falklands/Argentine fisheries scientific meetings unlikely to take place

  

  A UK/Falklands-Argentina meeting of the South Atlantic Scientific Sub-Committee scheduled for January is “unlikely” to take place, the Falklands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman told Penguin News. The prospect of this happening and “taking Britain out of the comfort zone enjoyed” until now, had been advanced by Mercopress.

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands to assess development of a near-shore aquaculture

  

  A detailed assessment is to be carried out into the potential development of an aquaculture industry in the Falkland Islands, it was announced by the government. The proposal is at a very early stage and the Falkland Islands Government needs to improve its understanding of the industry before making a commitment to any go-ahead.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 07:18 UTC

  Falkland Islands: new Director of Natural Resources next month

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Dr Andrea Clausen as the new Director of Natural Resources. Andrea is due to take up her post in October 2019 and will be working with John Barton to ensure that there is a unified approach to the handover of duties across the agriculture, fisheries and veterinary departments. This appointment comes following a comprehensive search and selection process.

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 20:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Brazil flight indicative fares “extremely competitive”

  

  “Extremely competitive” is how MLA Barry Elsby, speaking to Penguin News this week, described indicative fares for the new flight to Sao Paulo from the Falklands, beginning November 6.

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands startled at Westminster paper proposing UK citizens right to vote in Overseas Territories

  

  “Belongership” and its equivalents are wrong,” it is emphatically stated in a startling paper from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. The paper says the belongership status (known as Falklands Status in the Falklands) as enshrined in the constitutions of a number of British Overseas Territories, including the Falklands, denies legally-resident British Overseas Territory and UK citizens the right to vote and to hold elected office.

• Friday, October 27th 2017 - 08:51 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego project in Falklands programmed for failure

  

  A project investigating the potential for trade between the Falklands and Argentina appears to have involved a dearth of research.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  Falklands launches on-line shopping service for philatelic products

  

  The Falkland Island Government and Falklands Post Service Ltd have announced the launch of our new on-line shopping service for philatelic products.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 00:56 UTC

  Falklands debates bringing contract workers for maintenance of roads system

  

  Bringing contract workers in to ensure enough staff to maintain the Falkland Islands' roads ready for the start of the season in the spring, if not earlier is MLA Gavin Short’s wish.