Fisheries

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:25 UTC

  Spanish survivors of Argos Georgia back in Galicia and Madrid; search for disappeared continues

  

  The Spanish media have given ample coverage to the return of the six fellow Spaniards who survived the sinking of Argos Georgia in the deep south Atlantic, and have finally been able to join their loved ones after witnessing the tragedy of a shipwreck that took the lives of nine other mariners and four more who remain disappeared.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:20 UTC

  Argos Georgia company regrets tragic loss of lives, and thanks all who helped in rescue operation

  

  Argos Froyanes, the company that owned the Argos Georgia released a statement in which it underlines that ”the tragic events of Monday the 22nd of July leading to the loss of thirteen of our Officers and Crew have been well documented and communicated by the Falkland Island Government.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: air and sea search for missing mariners has resumed

  

  On Friday 26 July the Falklands Maritime Authority reported that in the afternoon of Thursday 25 July 2024, the two fishing vessels, the Falklands Robin M Lee and the Chilean Puerto Toro who were involved in the search and rescue operation of survivors from the Argos Georgia arrived into Stanley.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:26 UTC

  Argos Georgia: Spanish air force A-330 is waiting in Falklands for survivors

  

  As anticipated a Spanish air force aircraft landed at Mount Pleasant international airport on Friday evening, close to 19:30 hours following a brief stopover in Montevideo, specially sent to return with the Spanish mariners from the Argos Georgia, alive and deceased.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:24 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands government critical of some media coverage

  

  The long extenuating, overexposed incident and tragedy of longliner Argos Georgia during the week has not been without controversy and as such it was pointed out by the autonomous government of the Falkland Islands, epicenter of the heart breaking situation and recovery operations.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 07:11 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands looking after community's emotional wellbeing following traumatic event

  

  Following the incident involving the Argos Georgia this week, the Falkland Islands government Emotional Wellbeing Service (EWS) would like to reach out to members of the community who may be feeling distressed about what has happened. We have spoken to a number of people from across our community who are feeling very high levels of distress due to the incident. We would like to reassure anyone who is feeling this way that this is a very natural reaction to such a disaster, especially in such a small, close-knit community.

• Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:25 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Survivors in Falklands, Spain sending aircraft, official mourning in Vigo

  

  The tragedy of the longliner Argos Georgia plus the loss and disappearance of thirteen mariners, and the survival of fourteen, is headline news in Galicia with the city of Vigo declaring a day of mourning and the Spanish foreign minister announcing that an Air Force aircraft will be flying Friday to the Falkland Islands to pick up Spanish crew members.

• Friday, July 26th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Montevideo port fishing vessels turn sirens on to remember fallen mariners

  

  At mid morning Thursday, fishing vessels in the port of Montevideo turned their sirens on for a few minutes to the memory of the lost mariners from longliner Argos Georgia, believed to be almost unsinkable given its sturdy complexion and modern technology, which sunk in the middle of a dramatic storm in the deep south Atlantic.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Argos Georgia rescue: 14 alive, eight dead and five missing

  

  The loss of the St Helena longliner Argos Georgia, some 170 miles from the Falkland Islands, and whatever is happening with the 27 members of its crew, mostly Spaniards from Galicia, tells a different far more tragic story of what is happening with rescue operations because of the extreme climate conditions, 35 knots wind and eight-meter tall waves.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Argos Georgia rescue: Falklands Stanley hospital ready to receive survivors

  

  The lastest update from the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority, Tuesday 23 July, 2024 approximately 15:00 hours Falklands time, said that on Monday 22 July 2024, the Maritime Authority received information that the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, with 27 persons onboard, was taking on water and requesting assistance some 200 miles east of Stanley.