Tag: Fortuna Fishing Company Ltd

• Friday, April 24th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Falklands faces fishing markets paralyzed on COVID-19 impact

  

  The impact of COVID-19 on the seafood market and industry operations has been severe, confirmed fishing industry executives and a spokesperson for the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA).

• Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Falklands/Taiwan/UK companies team up to survey jiggers and improve safety conditions

  

  Falklands' Fortuna Group and their Taiwanese partners Go-Rising have teamed up with the UK naval architect firm Marine Design International to embark on an ambitious vessel survey and improvement program. Over a period the team surveyed 29 jigger fishing vessels in their home port of Kaohsiung, completing the survey last week.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Falklands' government and fishing industry reject MLA Spink's 'breezy' Brexit

  

  The impact of Brexit on the Falkland Islands' fishing industry could be “significant” according to the fishing industry, contradicting lawmaker MLA Roger Spink’s view in last week's Penguin News that there were measures that could be undertaken to mitigate the impact of potential tariffs.

• Friday, July 6th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Brexit and the Falkland Islands: Potentially catastrophic?

  

  Brexit could be “potentially catastrophic,” for the Falklands according to a recent UK newspaper article. And by all accounts it could have a serious impact if heavy tariffs were applied to goods exported from the Islands into the EU. But just how bad could it be?

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 06:31 UTC

  Falklands promotes fish in China from Fortuna's new processing plant in Stanley

  

  Products from the Falkland Islands Fish Company, the trading name of Fortuna Ltd’s new Stanley fish processing plant, were featured recently in China and attracted favorable attention from trade media.

• Friday, March 10th 2017 - 06:55 UTC

  Falklands' Fortuna donates £30,000 to FIOGA and celebrates 30 years of business

  

  The Overseas Games Association received a generous £30,000 from fishing company Fortuna Ltd to be used to purchase sports kit for the competitors at this year’s Island Games in Gotland. Presenting the cheque Fiona Wallace said that as the wholly-Falkland Islander owned company was celebrating its 30th anniversary, it was felt appropriate to support a nationally significant event.

• Friday, January 15th 2016 - 09:04 UTC

  Falklands offers a PhD studentship opportunity in marine ecology research

  

  Falklands fishing company Fortuna Ltd., the Falklands' Fisheries Department and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI are sponsoring a research opportunity for a Science honors graduate to embark on a career in academic or applied marine ecology in the Islands.

• Friday, September 18th 2015 - 14:27 UTC

  Falklands' Fortuna Ltd. sponsors research on southern blue whiting

  

  Falkland Islands fishing company Fortuna Ltd has become a sponsor and research partner in a PhD student ship on southern blue whiting. The Falkland Islands Government fisheries Department (FIFD) and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) are also collaborators in this research project.

• Monday, February 10th 2014 - 03:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands' Fortuna incorporates MSC ice-class longliner 'Tronio'

  

  Fortuna Ltd, one of the Falkland Islands leading fishing companies announced the incorporation to their Falklands registered fleet of the 55-meter ice class longliner 'Tronio', specifically designed for ice fishing in Antarctica.

• Wednesday, September 12th 2012 - 01:33 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ cricket team gearing up for Caribbean tour

  

  Plans for a Caribbean Cricket Tour by the Falkland Islands Cricket Team are well underway. The 15 strong team plans to travel to Belize, Barbados and Jamaica in November and December this year.