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Sjólaskip hf. and Samherji hf. have come to an agreement regarding Samherji hf. purchasing the overseas operations of Sjólaskip hf. and its associated companies.

Australia’s valuable fish stocks and the industries that depend on them will benefit from $34.5 million in new research and development projects, the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz,…

Speaking yesterday on the appointment of Richard Lochhead as the new Minister of Rural Affairs and Fishing, SFF Chief Executive Bertie Armstrong said:

A Belgian beam trawler which used ‘blinders’ - illegal linings in her trawl nets - to catch illegal undersized fish which were then kept, was forced to tie up four days while…

The European Commission has welcomed the new port state control scheme adopted in November last year by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC).

One year on, the Howard Government’s $388.9 million ‘tough on illegal foreign fishermen’ 2006 budget package is turning the tide on fish poachers in Australia’s northern waters, according to the government.

Yesterday, at a ceremony in Chilliwack, 55 new recruits graduated from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) fishery officer training program.