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Scottish Fisheries Minister Richard Lochhead will meet representatives of the Scottish Fishing Industry on Friday to review the work of the Fuel Task Force that he established.

HB Grandis fishmeal production plant in Vopnafjördur yesterday took delivery of 1,100 tonnes of herring from Ingunn AK.

The European Commission approved today a block exemption Regulation for fisheries, according to which certain types of national aid to the fisheries sector will no longer have to be notified to and…

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) welcomes the agreement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) today to protect deep-sea corals and other sensitive ecosystems from high seas bottom fisheries in…

Norwegian body Nofima is heading a research project to establish whether fisheries scientists in Europe are carrying out the best and most useful research.

While today scientists from the International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea (ICES) have announced that cod stocks continue to be chronically overfished in almost all European waters and recommended again…

The Fisheries Committee adopted today with 19 votes in favour and 2 against a report on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in…

FPV HIRTA will join Scotlands fleet of fisheries protection vessels in their vital role of safeguarding our seas, sustaining our coastal communities and helping grow the economy, First Minister Alex Salmond said…

Following today’s EC Council of Fisheries Ministers in Luxembourg where fuel was one of the key issue’s for discussion, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is urging the UK and Scottish Governments to take…

Two leading-edge Spanish offshore aquaculture companies and the Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas (ICCM), Spain offshore aquaculture research centre, will present papers at Offshore Mariculture 2008 conference, to be held in Alicante,…

Two of Europe’s largest fisheries were today certified as sustainable.

The marine conservation organisation denounces fuel subsidies to more than 40 Spanish Mediterranean bottom trawlers that it says are operating with illegal engines up to six times more powerful than permitted.

Yesterday the European Commission agreed in principle on the contents of an emergency package of measures to tackle the immediate social and economic hardship triggered by the dramatic rise in the price…

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recognises the Lakes and Coorong Fishery in South Australia as a sustainable fishery.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the acknowledgement by First Minister Alex Salmond that Scotland’s fishing, farming and haulage industries require special support to survive the current fuel crisis.

Young’s Seafood has this week underlined the importance of fish farming to the security of future fish supply and highlighted its approach with a new policy document entitled: “Why we believe fish…