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The FAO-established General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has approved a new region-wide scheme for stronger port State controls targeting illegal, unreported and underreported (IUU) fishing.

Responding to the publication of a report from WWF UK putting forward the case for a network of marine protected areas in the North Sea (http://www.worldfishing.net/news/news_story.ehtml?o=1933), Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the…

The Sveriges Pelagiska Producent Organisation (Swedish Pelagic Producers Organisation or SPPO) North Sea and Baltic herring and sprat fisheries have entered full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council standard for sustainable and…

A network of marine reserves, that cover at least 30 per cent of the North Sea, is needed to help rebuild populations of many fish species, and protect the habitats upon which…

The beginning of March saw the biggest trawl landings in the history of the Beta company from Runavik, Faroes.

The European Commission has announced the launch of a major EU control campaign aimed at preventing a repeat of last years overfishing of Mediterranean bluefin tuna by a number of EU Member…