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The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR) has recently adopted measures to fight illegal fishing in the waters around Antarctica.

On 21 November the Council of Fisheries Ministers reached political agreement on three important Commission proposals.

A prominent Dutch fisheries scientist has accused environmentalists of waging a ‘holy war’ against the European fishing industry, reports Pieter Tesch.

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister for Communi-cations, Marine and Natural Resources has announced that he has secured funding to launch a major new collaborative research prog-ramme between the Irish fishing industry and…

On 20 October, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released a report on the status and perspectives of some of the most important Northeast Atlantic fish stocks.

The European Commission has proposed to reopen the Northeast Atlantic (NEAT) deep-sea gillnet fishery, which takes place in depths between 200 and 1200 metres in waters north and west of Great Britain…

A proposed overhaul of the 138-year-old Fisheries Act was tabled in the Canadian House of Commons yesterday by the Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.

The North West Waters Regional Advisory Council (NWWRAC) has released a progress update as it moves into its second year of operation.

WWF and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) have joined forces today to urge the European Commission and Member States to close an area of Rockall Bank (368 km west of North Uist…