Tag: Falklands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

• Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 07:17 UTC

  Falklands to further improve fisheries surveillance and catch reporting

  

  The Falkland Islands Government through its Fisheries Department will be implementing improvements to be made for fishing vessel surveillance and electronic catch reporting.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 05:43 UTC

  Joint Falklands/UK/Argentina scientific fisheries cruise in September

  

  Argentina and the Falkland Islands will be involved in a scientific assessment cruise of Southern Bluewitting stocks beginning next 9 September. The cruise, the second this year, will take place in the Argentine state of the art scientific vessel “Victor Angelescu”, belonging to the Mar del Plata based Fisheries Investigation and Development Institute, INIDEP.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Falklands' genetically improved wool clip reflects a significant increase in value

  

  The value of the Falkland Islands wool clip has increased by around 11% over the past six years, or £1 million at today’s wool prices announced MLA Teslyn Barkman at the most recent meeting of Legislative Assembly.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentina awards 18 offshore oil exploration areas; UK companies take 7 areas, some next to Falklands

  

  Argentina awarded permits to begin hydrocarbon exploration in 18 areas off the coast of the Buenos Aires province, the Austral basin and the Malvinas West basin, which neighbors with the Falkland Islands, the insular territory claimed by Argentina.