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The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says its first meeting with new UK Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies on Thursday 16 October has given good grounds for encouragement.

An unlikely alliance of conservationists and fishing industry representatives took the podium under the banner of Marine Reserves for Sustainable Sushi, at the International Marine Environment Symposium in Tokyo in October.

Representatives from the European fish processing industry association AIPCE came together on 20 October at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) hosted General Assembly in Edinburgh to discuss key issues affecting the…

The Tosakatsuo Suisan Japan pole and line skipjack tuna fishery has entered full assessment for certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard.

The new Chief Executive of Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) had his first taste of Shetland recently where he met representatives from the islands’ major salmon farming companies.

Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, welcomes the publication of ‘Silent Seas’ for its emphasis on the effects of pollution and climate change, underlining that all human activity has an impact on…

Key fishing state Spain and key tuna market Japan joined with a majority of other countries to back closing the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery until it can be brought under control and…

An extension of Scotlands hugely successful Real Time Closures (RTC) programme has been announced.

The fisheries jury is now in and quota systems are the model world fisheries need to adopt, says MFish Chief Executive, Wayne McNee.

At a meeting in Brussels last week of scientists, administrators and control experts from the EU and Norway there was general agreement on the urgent need to consider concrete measures at the…

The portion of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) fishery in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean fished by Norwegian company Aker BioMarine Co Ltd has entered the full assessment process for…

Defra has announced that Huw Irranca-Davies MP has replaced Jonathan Shaw as UK fisheries minister.

The German North Sea saithe trawl fishery has successfully completed the assessment to the MSC’s environmental standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.

WWF is calling for urgent protection of the South Pacific ‘Coral Triangle’ after the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species warned that several species from these critical spawning grounds…

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for the Black Sea for 2009.

On 1 October the European Commission adopted a proposal for deep-sea fishing opportunities for 2009 and 2010.

Greenpeace has launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them.