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Eitzen Maritime Services ASA has announced that the company’s offering on the North American continent is being significantly strengthened.

Almost £1.2 million in grants has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund. This follows the £1m awarded in November 2008.

The UK Minister for the Natural & Marine Environment, Wildlife and Rural Affairs Huw Irranca-Davies opened Appledore’s new £3.6m fish dock facility on Monday 9 February in an opening ceremony attended by…

Southern Brittany’s purse seine sardine fishery has entered full assessment in order to obtain the Marine Stewardship Councils (MSC) certificate for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. It is the first French fishery to…

At 7pm tonight, Abel Caballero, Mayor of Vigo and President of the Organising Committee of the World Fishing Exhibition - Vigo09 and Alfonso Paz-Andrade, President of the Executive Committee, will launch the…

FindVessel.com aims to become a leading European marketplace for buying and selling professional vessels and larger leisure craft.

The Shark Alliance is celebrating todays release of the European Commissions Plan of Action for the Conservation of Sharks which sets the stage for sweeping improvements in European Union shark fishing and…

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon became Minister of Finance, Fisheries and Agriculture for Iceland on 1 February 2009.

Two “compromise packages” to end the deadlock on so-called scientific whaling are too much of a compromise, according to WWF.

The government has decided to present a fishing vessel to the people of Gaadhiffushi to develop fishing in the island. President Nasheed made the announcement last week during his meeting with the…

Representatives of over 80 countries have made significant progress in negotiating a binding international agreement aimed at closing ports to ships involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement of details of the interim days-at-sea scheme (Conservation Credits II) on 3 February, Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, said:

Natural England heralded this weeks launch of ‘Ocean in Google Earth’, the newest version of Google Earth.

European fish farms are to be globally competitive and produce the best fish in terms of ethics and quality. That is the aim of the LIFECYCLE research project, which is directed from…

Following strong pressure by the Dutch dominated Pelagic Freezer trawler Association (PFA), the European Commission has dropped its controversial proposals to grant access rights to former East Block and Soviet Union countries…