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The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging Japans new government to recall its whaling fleet which is heading to Antarctica to hunt almost 1,000 whales.

Leading omega-3 supplier EPAX AS was awarded Friend of the Sea (FOS) certification for its sustainable marine sourcing and production methods and will soon offer its Omega-3 oils as having a documented…

A ban on the use of deepwater set gillnets was announced at the close of a meeting to establish a regional fisheries management organisation that will have legally-binding control over fishing in…

The Canadian total allowable catch (TAC) for the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Organization (NAFO) Division 0B Greenland halibut (turbot) fishery has been set at 7,000 tonnes. This is an increase of 1,500 tonnes…

The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Gulf Region, has announced the sentences imposed to five Gulf Nova Scotia area fish harvesters for violating the fisheries regulations.

In response to ICCATs recent meeting, where it set the catch limit for bluefin at 13,500, Susan Lieberman, Director of International Policy for the Pew Environment Group said: