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NIWA research scientists have returned from a two week survey to the north of New Zealand, near the Kermadec Islands, with evidence of new species of fish.

On Wednesday (6 February) the European Parliament voted in favour of the European Commissions proposal for a new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

Corporate recovery expert, GVA, has announced that the UK’s William Wright Dock fish auctioning facility in Hull has been acquired by local food producer, Cranswick Foods plc.

A NOAA report into the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Sanctuary has found that fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefitted from the Reserve’s no-take protections.

Iceland has reduced its fishing quota for mackerel to help assure the sustainability of the stock.

The National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations (NFFO), the body representing fishermen’s interests in the UK has rejected claims by Greenpeace that criticise how the industry is represented.

The UK’s Sparsholt agricultural college, has opened a new £500,000 Salmonid Rearing and Trials Centre – a unique teaching and research centre that aims to help bolster the UKs aquaculture industry.

The Gorringe seamounts have been nominated by the Portuguese government to become a Marine Protected Area.

Oceana has said that it will be sending the EU evidence of illegal fishing activity in the protected area surrounding Cabrera (Balearic Islands) and south Majorca.

In the wake of four recent major outbreaks of the deadly infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in Atlantic waters surrounding Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has…

Eleven English fisheries projects have been approved to receive funding from the latest European Fisheries Fund (EFF) panel.

The Institute of Fisheries Management, the UK-based international body promoting sustainable management of freshwater and marine fisheries, has appointed Eamon Cusack as its new chairman.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has accused the Icelandic Government of using a media trip to Iceland this week as a ‘spin to defend the indefensible’ and says it should be seeking a…

The Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA) has backed the announcement by Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead that an international mediator should be appointed to help end the mackerel fishery stalemate with Iceland…

The need for collaboration between fishermen and scientists was reiterated at the eighth annual meeting of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the Regional Advisory Councils (RAC).