Falklands: Record Loligo catch, 53,578 tons, fifth year in a row

Falkland Islands Director of Natural Resources Dr. Andrea Clausen reported there was another high catch of Loligo squid during this year’s first season, the fifth year in a row. Dr Andrea Clausen said in her report for the Fisheries Committee, meeting on June, that the total catch of Loligo had been 53,578 tons. Likewise hake are being caught in record numbers. The catch stood at 16,190 tons at the time of the report, the highest ever. However, Dr Clausen reported that the Illex catch (45,452 tons) had been “modest.” She said at the meeting that the catch was “not out of kilter but low.” High loligo catch for first season Dr Clausen had said the run of high catches of Loligo was the result of a suite of management measures applied to make commercial stock sustainable. There was no immediate agreement on a proposal that, from the start of the second season, compensatory days for bad weather can only be claimed if there has been a Met Office gale warning. Meanwhile Dr Veronica ...