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YOUR TELNO 21: MISS ABBOTT-WATT'S LETTER OF 27 NOVEMBER 1987 TO WHITTAKKER: FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE
1. THE FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT HAVE COMMENTED ON THE REPORT
AS
FOLLOWS:-
A. PAGE 123- POPULATION: THE POPULATION AT 16 NOVEMBER 1986 WAS 1,916 OF WHOM 1,263 WERE BORN IN ISLANDS. SINCE 1982 THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE GARRISON OF UK SOLDIERS BASED ON THE ISLANDS. B PAGE 123- GOVERNMENT STATUS: PRESENT CONSTITUTION CAME INTO FORCE ON 3.10.85, THE DATE OF THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION. C. PAGE 123/4 ECONOMIC STATUS: SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
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150 MILE INTERIM CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ZONE AROUND THE ISLANDS AND THE CONSEQUENT INTRODUCTION, ON 1 FEBRUARY 1987,
OF
A LICENSING REGIME FOR VESSELS FISHING WITHIN THE ZONE THE ECONOMY HAS DIVERSIFIED AND INCOME FROM THE ASSOCIATED FISHING ACTIVITIES IS NOW THE LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE. CONSEQUENTLY AGRICULTURE HAS BECOME FINANCIALLY OF LESS IMPORTANCE.
CALLED FOR URGENT D. PAGE 124 LAND USE: THE SHACKLETON REPORT STEPS TO CREAT SMALLER OWNER-OCCUPIED FARMING UNITS AND MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON THIS FRONT. SIX MAJOR FARMS HAVE BEEN
SINGLE SUBDIVIDED OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS TO CREAT SOME 40, FAMILY, UNITS. ADDITIONALLY, OTHER LARGE FARMS HAVE SET ASIDE AREAS WHICH ARE OPERATED BY INTERESTED PERSONS/ FAMILIES ON A ''SHARE FARMING'' BASIS.
E. PAGE 125- FRESHWATER FISHES: SEA TROUT MAY ALSO BE FOUND IN A BUNDANCE THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS.
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