Tag: Falklands 2016 Illex squid season

• Friday, May 12th 2017 - 07:31 UTC

  Falklands calamari squid first season has been “good”, Illex so far “pretty mediocre”

  

  Falklands calamari squid catches in the Falkland Islands have been good this season reports Director of Natural Resources John Barton, and this is particularly good news bearing in mind Illex catches have been “pretty mediocre,” so far.

• Thursday, March 2nd 2017 - 07:59 UTC

  Falklands' Loligo season opens; Vigo market squid prices are “strong”

  

  The Loligo squid season took off this weekend in the Falkland Islands and the Galician partners of local companies are hopeful that they can repeat catches of the last season when some 46.000 tons were landed. “The experimental sampling previous to the official launching points to stability”, according to Javier Touza president of ARVI, the Vigo cooperative of vessel owners.

• Friday, December 2nd 2016 - 07:58 UTC

  Strong interest for Falklands' squid licenses, despite poor catches in 2016

  

  Despite a dismal last season for Illex fishing in the Falkland Islands, with very low catches, interest in licenses for the coming season is holding up and the process is likely to be oversubscribed, confirmed MLA Phyl Rendell last week.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2016 - 11:31 UTC

  Argentina claims squid catches in the South Atlantic have plummeted dramatically

  

  The president of Argentina's Chamber of Jiggers Fishing Vessels Ship-owners, Juan Redini, gave some alarming figures on squid catches in the South Atlantic during a presentation at Monday's cephalopod conference held in Vigo, Spain sponsored by FAO and the Conxemar frozen seafood exhibition.

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 07:03 UTC

  Falklands reports high hake catches and average year for 'Falkland calamari'

  

  The Falkland Islands Natural Resources Department reported this week that high hake catches continue along with relatively low rock cod catches. Director of Natural Resources John Barton told the Fisheries Committee that hake currently represents the main finfish catch which is unusual.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 08:57 UTC

  Falklands' Illex squid catches very sparse; Loligo, 'a bit more cheerful'

  

  Falkland Islands' Illex squid catches are still very sparse, now standing at 2,373 tons, “which is obviously very low and does not go far when spread across the 105 vessels in the fishery,” said Director of Natural Resources John Barton, interviewed by Penguin News.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 00:31 UTC

  Falklands reports poor catches of squid; reimbursement of licenses to be considered in June

  

  Falkland Islands authorities have confirmed that Illex squid capture has been particularly low this fishing season, a situation that could lead the Islands government to reimburse part of the license fees paid to catch cephalopods.

• Sunday, February 14th 2016 - 23:29 UTC

  Illex 2016 Fishing Season begins in Falkland’s Waters.

  

  Fishing for Illex squid in Falkland’s water took off on Sunday, as the 2016 fishing season opens. A total of 105 fishing licenses have been issued. The number of licenses issued has remained consistent for the past three seasons.