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The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Council regulation to adapt the cod fishing quotas allocated to Poland in the eastern Baltic over the period 2008-2011.

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have just agreed a new protocol setting the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for under the…

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is calling for the urgent introduction of measures to help alleviate the crippling price of fuel.

The European Court of Justice has refused to grant French driftnetters a temporary exemption to permit the use of driftnets. Oceana has reported the French fleet on numerous occasions for using this…

The first fishermen in the UK have recently achieved a new Seafish skipper’s ticket for vessels less than 16.5 metres.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released its statewide forecast of the Alaskan commercial salmon harvest for the 2008 season.

Marine Harvest has launched its new website, www.marineharvest.com.

The New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries has started a consultation on a suite of proposals aimed at the halting the decline of blue cod numbers in the Marlborough Sounds.

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.

Seafish is commencing the 2008 Survey of the UK Fish Processing Sector this month to update the information gathered in the last survey, which was carried out in 2004.