There is just one month to go before the introduction of the Government’s new entry permit scheme is introduced for those wishing to visit South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
GSGSSI is pleased to announce the publication of a new Terrestrial Protected Areas Research and Monitoring Plan to guide scientific activities that will contribute to the sustainable management and regulation of these unique and awe-inspiring islands.
The Whalers’ Memory Bank, a new digital archive capturing the stories of Scottish whaling communities, is launching on June 27, 2025, in Dundee by historian Dan Snow.
The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) operates three strictly regulated fisheries within the SGSSI sustainable-use MPA. The primary fishery is for toothfish, a large, long-lived member of the Antarctic cod family but more commonly known as Chilean sea bass. Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) are fished at both South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and there is a small monitoring fishery for Antarctic toothfish (D. mawsoni) at the South Sandwich Islands.
Biosecurity Dog Programme Contract May 13, 2025 We are seeking a contractor to provide continuity to our biosecurity dog program services, based in Stanley, Falkland Islands. Provision of handlers and dogs for the detection of rodents aboard vessels and cargo bound for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Able to deploy anywhere in the…
Life On South Georgia As A Government Officer. A blog by Nadine Orme.
The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is seeking expressions of interest for the Time Charter of a UK-flagged Fisheries Patrol Vessel (FPV).
The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is pleased to announce that enhanced Marine Protected Area (MPA) measures have officially come into force today (22nd April), following the signing of new legislation by Her Excellency the Commissioner, Alison Blake CMG.