Fisheries Research South Georgia Style – it is the fishing companies who work with the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands to conduct fisheries research during the fishing season. Research has included stock surveys, ground surveys and migratory surveys with each fishing vessel carrying an observer provided by Marine Resources Assessment Group Ltd to provide written reports.   The Marine Resources Assessment Group Ltd is an outstation of the Department of International Development based in Queen Street (London), with the observers are paid from the revenue generated by the sale of fishing licences to fishing companies.     One of the problems with long line fishing has been the presence of killer whales (orcas) and sperm whales, which can strip a long line of fish as the line is being brought to the surface.     The industry in conjunction with a Spanish University in Santiago and an acoustics company devised a method of scaring off orcas and sperm whales. The method worked for a short time, but soon the whales recognised the sound as the dinner gong!     The only solution appears to be to stop fishing.     Ongoing trials with a modified line system have proved to be far more successful.