Tag: Falklands 2018 Illex squid season

• 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.

• Friday, March 16th 2018 - 03:11 UTC

  Falklands plans fishing talks with Argentina after more than a decade

  

  Exchanges of information between the Falkland Islands and Argentina about fish and squid stocks could begin again before the middle of this year, if all parties are in agreement. Director of Natural Resources John Barton said: “Dialogue with Argentina on the conservation of shared marine resources has the potential to allow for better management of shared fish stocks and improve sustainability of such stocks.”

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 19:04 UTC

  Falkland Islands gears up for Illex Season 2018

  

  The Falkland Islands Government are currently going through the annual process of licensing fishing vessels for the Illex squid fishery in their Conservation Zone. Illex are a migratory species of squid, caught in significant quantities in the South-West Atlantic annually. The product is mainly shipped to the Far East where it is consumed.