Tag: toothfish season

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 09:11 UTC

  Kiwi longliners meet at Falklands; San Aotea on Thursday leaves for New Zealand

  

  A 25-day slog across the frigid Southern Ocean is finally over for a New Zealand Sanford fishing vessel on a mercy mission to help the crew of a fellow fishing boat who spent months at sea in rough waters near Cape Horn due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

• Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 06:56 UTC

  Value-added South Georgia Toothfish promoted at the world's largest food service trade show

  

  Falkland Islands local company Georgia Seafoods Ltd joined food and beverage companies from 110 countries and all 50 states to exhibit at the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show held in Chicago last weekend. The show is an essential destination for over 45,000 buyers representing the USA’s burgeoning food service sector.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2016 - 13:14 UTC

  South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands mark Toothfish Day

  

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) are celebrating Toothfish Day with a reception and quiz at Government House in Stanley, Falkland Islands.

• Friday, September 4th 2015 - 12:15 UTC

  Toothfish Day celebration in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  

  Every country has its bank holidays. Some are widespread such as Christmas Day and Good Friday, others are unique such as Peat Cutting Monday in the Falklands
  and Melon Day in Turkmenistan.

• Monday, June 23rd 2014 - 07:03 UTC

  Falklands' record Illex and Loligo seasons, despite lack of data sharing with Argentina

  

  A lack of cooperation from Argentina to share data means that the total Illex fishery for the region is not known and affects the accuracy of seasonal predictions in the Falklands fishery, it was reported at the Fisheries Committee on Thursday.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:58 UTC

  Five cruise vessels call in South Georgia during March

  

  The South Georgia tourist season is drawing to a close with just one cruise ship left to visit in early April, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.