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The European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, has criticised the European Commission for an administrative error concerning fishing quotas in the West of Scotland.

A 22m 130-tonne beam trawler with gearbox failure required the assistance of two volunteer RNLI lifeboat crews when it broke down in the busy south west shipping lane of the English Channel…

Three conservation groups from British Columbia, Canada, have filed a notice of objection with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) over a recent announcement by the MSC to award its eco-label to controversial…

In the run up to the CITES meeting this month, Italy and France have changed their positions on the EU bluefin tuna trade ban, the UK has lent its support to an…

Europêche and Cogeca Fisheries have called on the Commission and Member States “not to submit to pressure from environmentalists to decide in favour of introducing bluefin tuna into any one of the…

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