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The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) will tell a joint hearing of the European Parliament on future maritime policy that responsibility and balance are the key ingredients for success.

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources, today met with the Chinese Vice-Minister for Fisheries, Minister. P. ChangCheng in Beijing to discuss trade…

A group comprising fishermen, representatives from the NFFO and the SFF, as well as Seafish gear technologists and senior managers formally launched a new partnership with the North Sea Centre Flume Tank…

A new approach to the protection and use of the marine environment was set out in proposals published today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Cod stocks in the North Sea and North Western Waters are capable of recovery, a major symposium on cod recovery has heard.

Young’s Deputy Chief Executive Mike Parker has issued an update on the situation relating to the company’s scampi factory at Annan in Scotland, following the outbreak of a major fire at the…

All 131 countries attending a high level meeting on world fisheries in Rome have agreed to start a process leading to the adoption of a legally binding international agreement establishing control measures…

Malaysian International Tuna Port Sdn Bhd (MITP) a 40:60 government-private sector joint venture company plans to invest RM240 million in the Batu Maung Port in Penang, aim at making it into a…

Cosalt Safety & Protection, UK supplier of marine safety, rope, rigging, lifting and fire fighting equipment, has teamed up with ship’s chandlery business JSB Supplies to provide Scotland’s North East fishing fleet…

The plight of the world’s seabirds was a key agenda item at the week-long meeting of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Committee on Fisheries, that ended in Rome on Friday,…