Tag: Fortuna Fishing Company Ltd

• 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.

• Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 01:36 UTC

  Falklands’ fish, “a highly branded commodity” in Europe

  

  Falklands’ fish is a “highly traded commodity” and customers are excited about secure and direct access to it, stated Director Fortuna Fishing Company Ltd Stuart Wallace this week.