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Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Loyola Hearn has said that Canada will not join the call for a ban on bottom trawling.

Agreement was reached on 25 October in Edinburgh between the European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands on management measures for mackerel in the north east…

Following the government of Icelands decision to authorise commercial whaling in spite of the internationally agreed moratorium, Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw summoned the Icelandic Ambassador, Mr Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson, on 26 October…

The Canadian Northern Prawn Fishery (the second largest coldwater Nordic Shrimp and Coldwater Shrimp fishery in the world) is the first shrimp fishery in the Atlantic to enter assessment against the Marine…

According to a recent statement, in the issue concerning salmon farms, sea lice, and wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has undertaken extensive research,…

The Japanese ambassador in Iceland has stated that the Japanese already have enough whale meat, and they will not be buying any from Iceland.

Pacific Island nations (including Australia) are leading the battle against destructive fishing practices after they endorsed a declaration on deep sea bottom trawling earlier this week.

A recent EC release states that European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Joe Borg, has welcomed the adoption by the Fisheries Council, in Luxembourg, on 25 October, of the fishing possibilities…

Shetland fish farmers are being urged to take advantage of a new recycling service for redundant salmon cages that has already been successfully rolled-out on the west coast of Scotland and Orkney.