Tristan : Tristan Shipping News 07/09/12
Submitted by Tristan Times (Sarah Glass) 09.09.2012 (Article Archived on 23.09.2012)

The MV Edinburgh arrived at Tristan to beautiful weather on Thursday 30th August

Shipping News

The MV Edinburgh arrived at Tristan to beautiful weather on Thursday 30th August to begin fishing the outer islands of Inaccessible and Gough. Nightingale Island remains close, and will do so, until after a workshop in Cape Town, in November. When scientist and representatives from Tristan and Ovenstones will meet to look at all the scientific data from Nightingale.

She unloaded cargo and did the independent lobster biomass surveys, at Tristan, Nightingale and Inaccessible, before starting commercial fishing at Inaccessible. These biomass surveys are done before the start of the fishing season, and when all TAC’s have been caught.

The vessel fishing time will be split between Inaccessible and Gough and is due to depart for Cape Town around the 16th October.