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Major companies and organisations have joined WWF in a commitment to healthy oceans by signing an open letter appealing to the European Commission and Member States to take action, before it is…

The Canadian government yesterday announced details of six new vessels to be based in British Columbia as part of the Canadian Coast Guard’s modernisation of its fleet.

Acting for Napier Brown Holdings, the Southampton office of Edward Symmons has sold the UK’s only barramundi farm, one of the largest farms in Europe.

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) has said that the whaling industry in Iceland is inextricably linked to parts of its fishing industry.

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources has announced that he proposes to appoint Kevin Bonnar, the former Secretary General of the Department…

The European Commission, on behalf of the Union, and the Ivory Coast has initialled a new fisheries partnership agreement which will cover a renewable six-year period, and will replace the current framework…

The European Commission has adopted a report on the monitoring of the Member States implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) over the period 2003-2005.

Island communities that depend on coral island fisheries could face a hungry future, according to new research from the University of East Anglia, the UK Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science…

Seafish has published the 2005 Economic Survey of the UK Fishing Fleet - Short Report. This publication highlights the main results from the survey in an easily digestible format.

The UK Fisheries Research Services (FRS) has produced a booklet providing the latest detailed information on Fish and Nephrops Stocks for 2007.

A groundbreaking fishing industry initiative will see some of New Zealand’s most significant and exciting underwater habitats protected from bottom-trawling and dredging, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton recently announced.

The United States has sent the World Trade Organization (WTO) a proposal to cut the national fisheries subsidies that the US says contribute to overfishing.

Noel Dempsey, T.D Irish Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources today officially launched the Beaufort Marine Research Awards at Beaufort College in Navan.

The Fairway Fishing Company and Copious Fishing Company Ltd. have both received investments from Shetland Development Trust to assist in purchasing vessels.

Aker BioMarine is implementing measures that will enable the company to deliver own volumes of krill oil produced on board the company’s modern factory trawlers, as early as in 2009 (see World…

UK: A group of fishermen from Newlyn and St Ives have got together to address some of the skills shortages within the Cornish fishing industry.

Australia and the Republic of South Africa have signed a Letter of Intent on future cooperative surveillance and enforcement in fisheries in their respective exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the Southern Ocean.

With only one month to go before the 2007 fishing season for Mediterranean bluefin tuna starts, WWF is asking the European Union (EU) to hold back half its fishing quota or watch…

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is warning that the proposed introduction by the European Commission of a management system for reducing unwanted catches and discards must be implemented sensibly.

The marine conservation organisation considers that the first steps have been taken towards a serious debate that should hopefully lead to a total ban on discards.