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The British Columbia First Nations Fisheries Council challenged Prime Minister Harper to address the fisheries crisis in First Nations communities in the First Ministers’ meeting and Budget last week.

The Barents Sea cod and haddock fisheries in cooperation with Ocean Trawlers Group have entered full assessment with a view to certification under the Marine Stewardship Council standard for sustainable and well-managed…

Parliament has adopted a report on the Commission communication The role of the Common Fisheries Policy in implementing an ecosystem approach to marine management.

Russias restrictions on fish imports from Scotland have been removed, delivering a significant boost for the Scottish economy.

The owners and skippers of six Newlyn fishing vessels who deliberately overfished protected fish stocks for financial gain and an auctioneer who sold their fish were ordered to pay a total of…

Commenting on the news that Russian officials have decided to lift restrictions placed on UK fish imports last April, Liberal Democrat Fisheries spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:

Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of Australian Blue Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) farmed by Spring Bay Seafoods in Tasmania.

The UKs Food Standards Agency has today launched a public consultation on proposals to review its advice to consumers on eating fish in the light of sustainability issues.

Young’s Seafood has today announced the lifting of its moratorium on purchases of cod from the North Sea. The change recognises recent efforts to improve fishing practice which were also acknowledged by…

Im delighted that Council has been able to reach an agreement on fishing possibilities for 2009 that respects the principles which the Commission followed in making its proposal.

The EU Council of Fisheries Ministers today failed to set zero catch limits for economically valuable porbeagle and spurdog sharks, as proposed by the European Commission and scientists, says the Shark Alliance.

The final agreement at the EC Fisheries Council in Brussels has resulted in a reprieve for prawn (langoustine) and whitefish fishermen on the West coast of Scotland but the measures agreed will…

The first compromise tabled at the EC fisheries talks in Brussels has been rejected by Scottish fishermen for failing to achieve the key targets of effective conservation and ensuring a viable fishery…

Following the announcement in June that the Dutch North Sea demersal fleet is to seek MSC certification, the Dutch parliament has today voted to amend the government’s 2009 budget to make one…

On the eve of the annual negotiations in Brussels to decide upon quotas and fisheries management measures for 2009, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is warning that draconian EC proposals to effectively close…

The European Commission has warmly welcomed this years annual United Nations resolution on sustainable fisheries, adopted by the general assembly today, as a significant step forward in the fight against pirate fishing…

Norway and the European Commission, negotiating on behalf of the EU, reached a wide-ranging agreement on the management of their shared fisheries which represents a significant deepening of the already strong cooperation…

Experts from Northern Europe continue to work on developing monitoring techniques, undertaking statistical analysis of the data collected from beach monitoring and developing proposals to address the issue of marine litter.

Preliminary results from sea trials on an Orkney fishing vessel using a new net design developed by its skipper has shown a significant reduction in the amount of small cod caught, signalling…