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The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR) has recently adopted measures to fight illegal fishing in the waters around Antarctica.

On 21 November the Council of Fisheries Ministers reached political agreement on three important Commission proposals.

A prominent Dutch fisheries scientist has accused environmentalists of waging a ‘holy war’ against the European fishing industry, reports Pieter Tesch.

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister for Communi-cations, Marine and Natural Resources has announced that he has secured funding to launch a major new collaborative research prog-ramme between the Irish fishing industry and…

On 20 October, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released a report on the status and perspectives of some of the most important Northeast Atlantic fish stocks.