Sustainability and the Environment
Sustainability of the Fishery
Consolidated Fisheries realizes that the health of the resource is essential to ensuring the future health of the company. The best way of achieving this is to work with the Fisheries Department to benefit from the resources and expertise it provides.
There are two key aspects to protecting the resource:
Patrolling the zone: to prevent excess fish being taken from the resource, the fishery zone is highly regulated and is constantly patrolled by the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department. Licensed vessels in the zone also act as deterrents to any intended illegal activities.
Stock assessment: CFL has recently funded the post of stock assessment scientist whose principle task is to carry out an exhaustive stock assessment of toothfish in the zone. The scientist works closely with other staff from the Fisheries Department to fully understand the patterns of recruitment of juveniles into the fishery, to identify breeding grounds and to assess the health of the stock distribution.