Falklands : FALKLANDS’ CELEBRATIONS MARK H M THE QUEEN’S 90TH

Falklands : FALKLANDS’ CELEBRATIONS MARK H M THE QUEEN’S 90TH

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Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 23.04.2016 (Current Article)

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A few days of celebration in the Falkland Islands marked the 90th birthday of H M the Queen. Dedications to her began on Monday, 18 April 2016 over Falklands’ Radio with a record by the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band.

FALKLANDS’ CELEBRATIONS MARK H M THE QUEEN’S 90TH

By J. Brock (FINN)

A few days of celebration in the Falkland Islands marked the 90th birthday of H M the Queen. Dedications to her began on Monday, 18 April 2016 over Falklands’ Radio with a record by the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band.

On Tuesday evening there was a concert by the wind ensemble and a brass quintet from the Royal Marines’ Band, Collingwood, featuring Hamish Mckee on the bagpipes. Eighty-two people were in attendance and enjoyed the music on the night with Falklands Radio broadcasting a recording of the concert on Wednesday night for radio listeners, especially those in Camp who couldn’t attend the venue.

On Thursday, 21 April 2016 a parade to mark the 90th birthday of H M the Queen was held at Victory Green in Stanley at 1020hrs, with Commodore Bone, Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands arriving just prior to the arrival of H E the Governor Mr Colin Roberts at 1030hrs. Both H E the Governor and the Commander British Forces inspected the marching contingents after arrival.

Taking part in the parade were contingents of the Army, Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Falkland Islands Defence Force. Leading them all was the Royal marine Band, Collingwood.

Legislative Assembly Members, Government Officers and members of the Youth Organisations also attended the ceremony.

The presence of Her Majesty the Queen was symbolized by raising the Royal Standard on one of the two flagpoles on Victory Green.

A precise 21-gun salute with the Vicars Guns located on Victory Green was undertaken by members of the Falkland Islands Defence Force and there was a fly-past by a Typhoon from MPC at about 1045hrs.

After the event a parade party was held at the FIDF hall where H M the Queen received the first loyal toast of the day. The second was held at a birthday party for invited guests at Government House at lunchtime.

In his remarks the Governor mentioned the purple (violet) badges the Scouts and Cubs wore in commemoration to mark participating in HM The Queen’s Birthday parade. He also mentioned ‘Shakespeare 400’; the start of a year of events to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare was launched at the party.

At 1830hrs H E the Governor Mr Colin Roberts remotely lit a beacon at Dockyard Point next to the Antarctic Memorial. In the South Atlantic Overseas Territories, Beacons were also lit on South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha, St Helena and Ascension Island. A Beacon was also lit in the British Antarctic Territory.

Birthday celebrations ended with a family dance in the Town Hall organized by Team Tranquil from 1900 to 2200hrs. The venue featured traditional Scottish Dancing as well as some local favourites and line dancing. Money raised at the Dance goes towards Team Tranquil’s Community project.

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April 13, 2016, 8:00 am

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Argentina has fined Japan’s Nippon Suisan Kaisha (Nissui) over illegal fishing in the Falkland Islands, 15 months after the case came to light.

Juan Benegas, the former chief operating officer of Pesantar, who found out about Nissui’s alleged illegal fishing through a misplaced email, showed Undercurrent News the official notification from Argentina’s Ministry of Agro Industry, which states Nissui accepted the charges and paid the fine stipulated by the Argentine law.

Athought the notification does not specify the amount of the fine, Revista Puerto has reported the fine is ARS 7.5 million ($517,278).

The process to issue sanctions against Nissui began in March, when Argentinian authorities called on Pesantar, Nissui’s former Argentinian subsidiary, to present its defense for alleged violations of the country’s fishing law.

At the time, Argentinian fishing authorities said the ministry had gathered all incriminating evidence over the alleged illegal fishing in the Falkland Islands by Pesantar, Nissui’s subsidiary through January this year, following the acquisition by the Argentinian firm Newsan Group.

Misplaced email revealing illegal activity

The misplaced email received by Benegas reveals that the general manager of Emdepes, Nissui’s operation in Chile, Satoshi Kaneda, knew the company was violating the law.

The email, intended for Nissui’s managers in Japan, said Chile-based Emdepes (see image below) — was granted a licence to fish off the Falkland Islands, and it was operating there.

Kaneda also said in the email that Emdepes was operating in the Falklands with a British license and warning not to share this information to Nissui’s Argentinian colleagues (see image below), Benegas told Undercurrent at the time.

“They wanted to keep this information secret since they knew they were breaking Argentina’s fishing law,” Benegas said.

Argentina’s fishing law 24.922 expressly prohibits companies holding fishing licenses or quota given by the Argentine government from fishing in what Argentina considers Argentine waters, regardless of whether the company is given a British license or a licence from another country.

This means that, if a company operates in the Falklands as well as Argentina, its fishing rights will expire automatically.

Chilean and Japanese authorities have now confirmed the legal and financial relation between Emdepes and Nissui, Benegas said.

Argentina’s Undersecretary of Fisheries, the country’s Naval Prefecture and the Navy have also confirmed Nissui’s illegal operations in Falkland Islands, he said.

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