Tag: South Georgia

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 16:59 UTC

  Avian Influenza detected in mammals in Sub-Antarctica for the first time; DEFRA funds for FlluTrailMap

  

  The presence of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed on Thursday 11 January for the first time in mammals in sub-Antarctica. The disease was detected in elephant and fur seals on the island of South Georgia by experts from the UK’s world-leading Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA).

• Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Falklands' Patrol HMS Forth visits South Georgia as part of its protection and bio diversity duties

  

  The Falkland Islands patrol vessel HMS Forth, has paid a visit to the island of South Georgia, where it met some of its permanent residents, penguins and seals, to look after their well being and the environment.

• Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

  South Georgia ensures environmental protection for its maritime zone until 2028

  

  In a significant step towards supporting marine conservation efforts in the South Atlantic, the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has announced the successful transition of ownership of Pharos Marine Limited (part of the Falklands based Byron group) to Workboat Services Limited, WBS, ensuring the continued operational presence of the vessel MV Pharos SG in the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Maritime Zone.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough meets mega iceberg A23a drifting towards South Georgia

  

  Scientists aboard the Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough collected samples of seawater around the A23a mega iceberg, the largest iceberg in the world. New video footage shows the enormous iceberg, some 3,900km2 and 400m tall, twice the size of Greater London stretching out into the distance beyond the research vessel.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 08:14 UTC

  Avian Influenza outbreak in South Georgia expanding, GSGSSI and BAS survey

  

  Last month, October 2023, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed on Bird Island, South Georgia in the brown skua populations. Since then, a number of other cases of symptomatic birds and above baseline mortality have been reported to the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI).

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 11:48 UTC

  Avian Influenza confirmed in Bird Island; South Georgia introduces stringent bio-security measures

  

  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in brown skua populations on Bird Island, South Georgia. In response to the situation on Monday, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has introduced a comprehensive Management Plan and new regulations to further protect terrestrial habitats and the remarkable animals and plants found in those islands.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

  BAS reports first confirmed cases of Avian Influenza in South Georgia; Biosecurity Handbook must be handy

  

  The highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in brown skua populations on Bird Island, South Georgia – the first known cases in the Antarctic region, reported British Antarctic Survey, BAS.

• Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Studying the impact of commercial whaling in South Georgia on today's pods

  

  While commercial whaling in the twentieth century killed big whale populations, it also appears to have had a long-term impact on the genetic variety of today's surviving whales, according to a piece by Nature World News extracted from Journal of Heredity.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  South Georgia celebrates Toothfish Day; marks the end of Dissostichus eleginoides', fishing season

  

  Toothfish Day is a public holiday celebrated in the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is annually on 4th September, but if that falls on a weekend it may be observed on a weekday.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 08:18 UTC

  The Grytviken Church in South Georgia will celebrate 110 years this Christmas

  

  When the island of South Georgia was a booming whaling station, in the roaring forties, more than a century ago, Grytviken received what was to be the first church established in the Antarctic region. In effect the church was completed in 1913 just on time for the Christmas Day with the first ever ringing of bells occurring on Christmas Eve.