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Consul Petra Baader, Managing Partner and owner of the Germany based Baader Group, has been awarded the Norwegian Order Knight First Class for her merits regarding the strengthening of the relationship between…

The future for offshore finfish farming is good with new technologies and designs enabling the majority of sea areas to be exploited for cage culture, a leading aquaculture expert will tell the…

Dr Ioanna Katsiadaki, a researcher from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and based in Weymouth, UK, has received confirmation of grant funding for her work to replace, reduce…

Fishermen across Scotland are to play a central role in the improved management of inshore fisheries, helping to ensure a vibrant, prosperous and sustainable future for themselves and the communities they support.

The European Commission has endorsed a paper put forward by Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Joe Borg containing an analysis of the achievements and shortcomings of the functioning of the Common…

Figures published by Scotlands Chief Statistician indicate the value of fish catches landed by Scottish vessels increased by one per cent in real terms in 2007.

Nine Baltic sea states all scored failing grades in an annual WWF evaluation of their performance in protecting and restoring the world’s most damaged sea.

The Commerce Department has announced the re-appointment of Benigno M. Sablan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.

Philip MacMullen, Seafish Head of Environmental Responsibility, said:

The UK Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has published its latest advice to consumers on fish sustainability, including those it recommends to eat, and those to avoid.

New measures to reduce discards of Scotlands valuable fish stocks were announced this week.

WWF welcomes the conclusions reached by an independent expert panel that all activity should be suspended in the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery, and sanctuaries should be created in all main spawning areas…

Kongsberg Maritime has signed an agreement to purchase the UK based sonar company GeoAcoustics Ltd of Great Yarmouth, for approximately NOK42m (approximately EUR5.3m).

The Irish Marine Institute (Foras na Mara) has welcomed the European Commission’s European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research: A coherent European Research Area framework in support of a sustainable use of…

Owners and the master of the Belgian beam trawler Neptunus were ordered to pay a total of £43,374 in fines and costs by Lowestoft Magistrates, UK, on Monday 8 September after pleading…

It is time for regulators to adopt a minimum size requirement for Spiny Lobsters harvested from the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic, according to the US National Fisheries Institute…

Since September 1 there is sustainable fish with MSC-certification on the menu of Dutch airline KLM. For KLM this is the next step in realising more sustainable flights.

Setting out the Scottish Government’s plans for the year ahead, First Minister Alex Salmond included the Scottish Marine Bill – a bill for the ‘protection for the Marine Environment’.

MEPs have adopted a report on the conclusion of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement. This new Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) will exercise its responsibilities for the effective conservation and management…

The Guardian newspaper has released a video of a UK fishing vessel discarding more than 80% of its catch.