Tag: Falklands 2020 Illex squid season

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands Governor: a “superb season” for Fisheries based on catch volumes

  

  On June first Falklands governor Nigel Phillips CBE, delivered the annual address to the Islands Legislative Assembly on the budget for the new financial year. The following is the chapter on Fisheries and the “superb season”, based on the catch numbers.

• 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.