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Falklands superior squid
Monday, 13 May 2013SOUTH Atlantic Squid and Igueldo Fisheries Director Cheryl Roberts, has received the Superior Taste Award for Marfrío's Patagonian squid caught in the Falkland Islands. The award was presented on Apirl 23 at the XXI edition of Seafood Fair in Brussels. In their second year of entering for the awards, one of the most prestigious internationally, explained Mrs Roberts, Patagonian squid has ma...
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Missing jigger fisherman discovered on reefer
Monday, 13 May 2013A CREWMAN who went missing from a Taiwanese jigger in Berkeley Sound on Monday May 6 was discovered on Tuesday morning on board the reefer Zhong Zhou 1, also in Berkeley Sound.
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Best choice status for Falklands toothfish
Wednesday, 10 April 2013The Falkland Island Toothfish fishery is one of the three toothfish fisheries around the world awarded a category of "Best Choice" by the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program. Seafoo...
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Fisherman swims ashore in second in one week Stanley Harbour ‘jigger jumping’ incident
Monday, 18 February 2013FOLLOWING news last week that two Vietnamese crewmen swam ashore from a Taiwanese jigger in Stanley Harbour during the afternoon of February 12, 2013, another incident occurred on the morning of Febru...
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Falklands seafood company exhibits in China
Monday, 26 November 2012FALKLAND'S fishing company Georgia Seafoods joined Scottish and English seafood producers to exhibit as part of the UK pavilion at the China Fisheries Seafood Exposition held in Dalian, China th...
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Port William is site for new Falkland Islands port
Thursday, 25 October 2012PORT William has been designated as the location for a new deep-water port facility capable of meeting the demands of all incumbent industries it was announced following this week's meeting of Ex...
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Bumper Falklands catches for Loligo squid
Thursday, 04 October 2012THE Falklands fishing industry has achieved the highest loligo squid catch for sixteen years Director of Fisheries John Barton (left)told Penguin News this week: "The catch for the year is 70,70...
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Argentine warship harasses fishing vessels in Falklands waters
Monday, 03 September 2012AN Argentine warship has been hailing fishing vessels in the Falklands zone claiming they are fishing illegally. On Thursday August 30, Falklands Protection Vessel Protegat was on routine fishery pro...
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Falklands toothfish enters MSC assessment
Tuesday, 21 August 2012CONSOLIDATED Fisheries Ltd has announce that the Falkland Islands longline Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery has entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) cert...
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Falklands choose Macclesfield company for port landscape impact study
Monday, 13 August 2012Macclesfield-based environmental consultancy Tyler Grange has been appointed by the Falkland Islands Government to undertake a landscape and visual impact assessment for a new harbour development near...
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