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The executive agency has been created to deliver the Governments services to the fishing industry and a number of marine environmental interests

The emergency closure of anchovy fishing in the Bay of Biscay (from July to October) was extended to 31 December by a decision of the EU Commission in mid-September and came up…

The Government is initiating field studies concerning the wreck of the submarine U-864, which was sunk off Fedje in Hordaland County in 1945. The purpose of the studies is to determine the…

Scientists with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are working with the Nova Scotia Swordfish Harpoon Association in a first-ever Canadian high-tech tagging study of swordfish to determine their migration patterns in the…

Australian and Indonesian officials met in Jakarta last week (24-26 August) to discuss a better working relationship on marine and fisheries issues.

HMAS Geraldton has arrested the latest of 115 vessels caught fishing illegally this year, according to the Australian fisheries minister senator Ian Macdonald.