Industry News

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.

The European Commission has adopted the rules on the implementation of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), the major fund through which the European Union will provide financial support to the fisheries sector…

A project that provides a specialist advisory and support service for fresh water fisheries in Dumfries and Galloway is to receive funding from Europe.

A document summarising key findings from a review of the issues facing the west of Scotland Nephrops fishery by Seafish economics is now available.

Oceana is calling for total prohibition of discards in the European fleet to protect fishing resources and marine ecosystems.

Flatfish, one of Europe’s largest suppliers of lemon sole, has announced a massive £1.35 million investment programme to extend its Grimsby based processing factory, which it hopes will be completed this month.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has reacted with fury over a quota swap deal that will result in the Scottish fleet losing some of its catch allocation for the economically vital langoustine…

Australian Fisheries Management Authority Managing Director Mr Richard McLoughlin has resigned and will leave the Authority on 5 April 2007.

As of yesterday, Fishes is the first chain of fishmongers in continental Europe to offer its customers a sustainable choice of seafood marked with the Marine Stewardship Councils (MSC) blue eco-label.

Last Thursday (15 March) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) rolled out its draft Marine Bill at a consultative conference in London. This followed a scoping consultation in 2006…

Responding to the news that WFF is to take the Council of the European Union to the European Court of Justice for allegedly breaching EU environmental law by failing to protect cod…

WWF announced yesterday that it is taking the Council of the European Union to the European Court of Justice for failing to follow their own rules regarding cod fisheries and therefore breaching…

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) will tell a joint hearing of the European Parliament on future maritime policy that responsibility and balance are the key ingredients for success.

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources, today met with the Chinese Vice-Minister for Fisheries, Minister. P. ChangCheng in Beijing to discuss trade…

A group comprising fishermen, representatives from the NFFO and the SFF, as well as Seafish gear technologists and senior managers formally launched a new partnership with the North Sea Centre Flume Tank…

A new approach to the protection and use of the marine environment was set out in proposals published today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Cod stocks in the North Sea and North Western Waters are capable of recovery, a major symposium on cod recovery has heard.

Young’s Deputy Chief Executive Mike Parker has issued an update on the situation relating to the company’s scampi factory at Annan in Scotland, following the outbreak of a major fire at the…

All 131 countries attending a high level meeting on world fisheries in Rome have agreed to start a process leading to the adoption of a legally binding international agreement establishing control measures…