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NIWA research scientists have returned from a two week survey to the north of New Zealand, near the Kermadec Islands, with evidence of new species of fish.

On Wednesday (6 February) the European Parliament voted in favour of the European Commissions proposal for a new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

Corporate recovery expert, GVA, has announced that the UK’s William Wright Dock fish auctioning facility in Hull has been acquired by local food producer, Cranswick Foods plc.

A NOAA report into the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Sanctuary has found that fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefitted from the Reserve’s no-take protections.

Iceland has reduced its fishing quota for mackerel to help assure the sustainability of the stock.

The National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations (NFFO), the body representing fishermen’s interests in the UK has rejected claims by Greenpeace that criticise how the industry is represented.

The UK’s Sparsholt agricultural college, has opened a new £500,000 Salmonid Rearing and Trials Centre – a unique teaching and research centre that aims to help bolster the UKs aquaculture industry.

The Gorringe seamounts have been nominated by the Portuguese government to become a Marine Protected Area.