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Commissioner Borg accompanied Marine Minister of Ireland Pat the Cope Gallagher to several venues around the country to gain a first hand view of the Irish Fishing Industry and meet the various…

Fishermen are being asked to help the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for the UK (Defra) simplify fisheries legislation.

James Douglas Fraser has been appointed as Canadian Commissioners to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and Sam Elsworth will continue in the position.

Five men detained after a 7,000km (4,350 mile), 21-day chase across three oceans have been found not guilty of poaching rare fish in Australia, according to the BBC.

Norway, the EU and the Faroe Islands have concluded a three-party Coastal States Agreement on mackerel for 2006.

Measures to stop illegal fishing of cod in the Barents Sea were the main topic at the 34th session of the Joint Norwegian–Russian Fisheries Commission. “I am very pleased that the Fisheries…

An international group of non governmental organisations (NGOs) is rolling out a major lobbying operation at the UN and worldwide for a ban on bottom-trawling. The General Assembly is debating the future…

Pair trawls catching bass will continue to remain outside the 12 miles of the Southwest coast of the UK after a Greenpeace judicial review of the regulation was dismissed by the courts.