Tag: FICZ

• Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

  Falklands worried M/V Uruguay Reefer seems doomed to sink in the Islands Conservation Zones

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is closely monitoring the situation of the stranded M/V Uruguay Reefer and has been in contact with the vessel operators to impress upon them the need to find a solution which avoids the vessel sinking in Falkland Island Conservation Zones.

• Friday, March 3rd 2017 - 10:07 UTC

  History of the Falklands Interim Conservation Zone

  

  On October 29 1986, a proclamation declaring the Interim Falklands Conservation Zone was signed by Governor Gordon Jewkes. The zone had a 160-nauticalmile (300 km; 180 mi) radius. On February 1, 1987 the Falkland Islands Fisheries (Conservation and Management) Ordinance came in to effect.

• 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.

• Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 01:44 UTC

  Falklands: Slow start but sprint finish for 2014 squid fishery

  

  In the last 25 years, the squid fishery has been one of the major contributors to the economy of the Falkland Islands. It is unique in the world as about 80 per cent of the total annual catch is squid. Both Illex and Loligo squid have annual life cycles, with a new generation recruiting into the fishery every year

• Tuesday, August 6th 2013 - 10:23 UTC

  Falklands’ welcomes “positive step” by Argentina in marine conservation and fisheries management

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has welcomed the announcement by the Senate of Argentina of the establishment of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) within the area of Burdwood Bank which lies within the Argentine Economic Zone, describing it as a “positive step” in the interest of marine conservation and fisheries management.

• Sunday, April 22nd 2012 - 22:27 UTC

  Falklands’ fisheries: 25 years of success and one of the two best managed in the world

  

  The announcement this week that the catches for the first loligo season for 2012 totaled 34,900 metric tones, equal to more than the entire catch for 2011, coincides with the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Falkland Island fishery.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 21:33 UTC

  Poor Start to Falklands Illex Season

  

  VESSELS fishing for the squid species Illex argentinus in Falklands waters have been reporting poor catches of around two and five ton per day so far this season, confirmed Falkland Islands Fisheries Scientist Alexander Arkhipkin.