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Orolia, a high-technology group specialising in precise positioning, navigation and timing and Digital Angel, an advanced technology company in the field of animal identification and emergency identification solutions, have announced that they…

Atlantic bluefin tuna meets the criteria for a ban on international trade, according to global scientists of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). This official assessment of bluefin’s…

A significant number of the 300 or so participants at October’s meeting in Morocco of the International Association of Fish Inspectors (IAFI.net) were hit by severe food poisoning leading to vomiting and…

Africa’s national fish inspectors and researchers have formed the first ever African Network for Fish Safety and Technology. It will ensure closer collaboration across the continent on issues from health controls to…

A 20 per cent cut in the Southern Bluefin Tuna take could still be too little, too late for the species which is on the brink of collapse, WWF and the wildlife…

Business and policy leaders will get together in Manila next year to debate how to protect the Coral Triangle, the world’s most diverse marine environment.

Two of the main industry organisations in EU fisheries have presented a positioning document on the Commission’s CFP reform Green Paper, calling it “provocative” although “interesting”, but “painting too bleak a picture…

The US Pacific hake fishery has recently been independently certified as well-managed and sustainable according to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) sustainability standard.

A radical overhaul of the fisheries control regulation that meets Scotlands requirements has been secured by Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead.

The Atlantic Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (ACFAM) last week reaffirmed the importance of a coordinated response to the growing sustainability trends in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

This week the European Commission proposed the new levels of total allowable catch (TAC) and fishing effort for fish stocks available to Community fishing vessels mainly in the Atlantic and the North…

Lisbeth Berg-Hansen was yesterday appointed the new Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs following Helga Pedersen.

The Fisheries Council meeting in Luxembourg on 19 and 20 October took a number of important decisions and made headway on a number of issues. The discussions were dominated by the Commissions…