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Efforts to clamp down on illegal fishing for cod in the Barents Sea are paying off - with a 50% cut in illegal fishing since 2005, says WWF.

New Zealand is implementing a suite of measures to better manage the environmental impact of bottom trawling by New Zealand fishers on the high seas, Ministry of Fisheries Chief Executive Wayne McNee…

French fresh fishing vessel owner, Scapêche, has received responsible fishing certification for pollack, blue ling, monkfish and black scabbardfish taken by its three 46m trawlers.

A successful tenderer will soon be announced for the $5 million expansion of the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Station, which will feature a state-of-the-art aquarium.

Marel Food Systems and Stork Food Systems released a statement last week saying that they are pleased to announce that European competition authorities have approved Marel’s acquisition of the Stork Food Systems…

Seafish, the UK seafood industry authority, has announced the projects and businesses to benefit from more than £1m allocated by the 2008 Industry Project Fund (IPF). The IPF was instigated in 2007…

On 8 April, representatives of AFMA joined representatives of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) for the official handover of AFMA’s Records Authority and to mark the completion of three stages of…

The Danish blue-shell mussel fishery of Limfjord will be assessed against the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) standard for sustainable fishing.

Two pink and chum salmon fisheries operated by J.S.C. Gidrostroy on Iturup Island, part of the Russian Kuril Islands, are entering assessment for certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) standard for…