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The European Parliament, on 1 February, adopted a report on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Gabon.

A research boat named “Environment” was officially handed over to the Angolan National Institute of Fishing Research (INIP) by the Regional Programme of the Great Marine Ecosystem of Benguela’s Cold Current (BCLM)…

The European Commission has warned that reductions in catches of deep sea species are inevitable either through choice to conserve the stocks concerned or by force as they become fished to depletion.

The shortfall in pelagics allowed to be caught in EU waters in 2007 following the December EU Fisheries Council meeting has to be compensated in third countries, the president of the Dutch…

New Birds Eye Iglo Chief Executive, Martin Glenn, has made his first announcement on the company’s sustainability policy and its intention to develop it further this year.

Research conducted by scientists at the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP) of the UH Mãnoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, and reported in a paper published in the December…

Major funding is protecting the future of the fishing industry in the historic Devon port of Brixham and starting regeneration in the town.

The Bush Administration announced on 26 January major budget increases totalling more than $140 million to support coastal and marine conservation efforts in Fiscal Year 2008, and released the administrations Ocean Research…

Minister of Fisheries Jim Anderton announced on 26 January that he is placing restrictions on the use of surface longlines in order to address threats to albatross and other seabirds (see World…

The European Commission and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) have entered into a partnership to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries in the region.

On 1 February 2007, the names Sæplast Dalvík and Tempra will become Promens Dalvík and Promens Tempra.

TESMA, Stromme and Polaris are joining forces as of 1 February 2007, under the Eitzen Marine Services (EMS) platform.

Irish Ministers Noel Dempsey and John Browne welcomed the successful conclusion to a Management Committee meeting in Brussels on 23 January, which agreed to a proposal from the European Commission for partial…

Canada’s Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) was presented with a cheque on 23 January for $30 million by Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister Responsible for New Brunswick, the Honorable Greg Thompson,…

WWF has issued yet another warning that tuna stocks are rapidly disappearing, this time ahead of a tuna management organisations’ meeting.