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The decisions taken yesterday at the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) sounds the death knell for Mediterranean bluefin tuna, says WWF.

New Zealand is heartened by a significant advance in international efforts to regulate high seas bottom trawling at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), according to the Ministry of Fisheries.

At the end of the preparatory meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York, Joe Borg, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, welcomed the consensus achieved by…

John Browne T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine Natural Resources on 22 November received the 2007 Stock Book from the Marine Institute.

On 20 November, the European Commission adopted its annual proposal on next year’s guide prices for fresh and frozen fisheries products as well as the Community producer price for tuna for processing.

The European Commission has welcomed the new port state control scheme that was adopted last week by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to tackle illegal fishing activities.

The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans…

Loyola Hearn, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, met Norway’s Minister for Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Helga Pedersen, on 14 November to build on shared successes in strengthening the management of high…