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Grants worth £3 million to modernise and enhance the competitiveness of Englands fishing industry have been awarded following an assessment panel.

Following a successful first year for the UK Responsible Fishing Scheme, Seafish is proud to announce that a dedicated website for the scheme is now available at www.seafish.org/rfs.

Seafish is making an Export Development Fund (EDF) available to the seafood industry. The fund is intended to develop the UK seafood industrys standing in the international seafood export market. The total…

The European Commission, on behalf of the Union, and the Republic of Guinea Bissau initialled a new Fisheries Partnership Agreement in Brussels earlier today.

The United States will host the 2007 annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Anchorage, AK, on May 28-31, 2007.

As a result of the merger between Marine Harvest and Fjord Seafood the merged company has two processing plants at Helgeland; Halsa and Herøy.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will tomorrow officially welcome Richard Lochhead as he makes his first public engagement as Fisheries Minister.

A seminar on Scottish fishing will hear later this week that the industry still faces a number of challenges.

According to a statement from Oceana, the Oceana Ranger catamaran was surrounded and immobilised by seven French fishing boats, who demanded the cameras with which their driftnetting activities had been photographed.