Tag: Loligo Box

• Tuesday, March 6th 2018 - 09:22 UTC

  Falklands' calamari fishery: vessels equipped with robust seal exclusion devices

  

  Falkland Islands Director of National Resources, John Barton, reported that after a slow start, fishery catches were beginning to pick up: trawlers had started operating and there were only a few jiggers still to collect their licenses.

• Friday, August 18th 2017 - 09:24 UTC

  Falklands: Outwitting canny fur seals feasting on abundant Loligo

  

  Falkland Islands Senior Fisheries Scientist Dr Alexander Arkhipkin explains the habits of fur seals and the efforts undertaken to reduce by-catch in the Loligo fishery. Stocks of Falkland calamari (Loligo) are very prolific this year.