News

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…