Tag: Brussels Seafood Show

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 19:00 UTC

  Falklands: Brexit on the Brussels fish show menu

  

  Falkland Islands fishing companies may have attended the Brussels Seafood Show intermittently for over a decade, but the looming specter of Brexit lent this year’s attendance unprecedented significance. For James Bates, Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA) Executive Secretary, Brexit gave the industry’s stand at the show a clear mandate this year, “it was about being visible at a time when we need to be.”

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 13:29 UTC

  Catches Variable but Falkland Islands Fishing Season Progressing Well

  

  Earlier this week Mercopress announced that a delegation from the Falkland Islands will be joining the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Argentina next week to discuss fisheries data exchange. This announcement comes shortly after a successful visit to the Brussels Seafood Show, where the important access of continued market access post-Brexit was discussed with partners by Falkland Islands fishing companies.

• Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 09:19 UTC

  Falklands company wins prize at Brussels seafood show for third year running

  

  Patagonia squid caught by the Falkland Islands Beauchene Fishing Company trawlers, scored a hat trick at the Brussels Seafood Exposition this year, winning a quality taste testing award for the third year running, through marketing company Marfrio.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Falklands' Fishing Companies Association in its sixth year of existence

  

  The Chair of the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA), Cheryl Roberts, used the occasion of the annual Christmas social evening at the Wirebird last week to reflect on FIFCA’s role in what is now its sixth year of existence.