Tag: Falkland Islands Department of Natural Resources

• 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.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Falklands' fleet will incorporate state of the art trawler in 2021

  

  The Falkland Islands will add to its registered fleet a state of the art trawler which should be operational by 2021 belonging to a local joint venture company, Petrel Fishing Company Ltd. In early 2019, the Board of Fortuna Ltd approved the construction of a new trawler to join their current fleet of five trawlers. The vessel will be owned and operated by Fortuna Joint Venture Company - “Petrel Fishing Company Ltd”.