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New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton has announced a new rule that will ban commercial fishers from leaving set nets exposed at low tide on the Kaipara Harbour.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands has issued one new finfish license, one replacement finfish license, and one new shellfish license, and denied another application for a shellfish license.

W.J. (Jack) Peake, Chair of the BC Island Coastal Economic Trust (Trust), has announced funding approval of $1,000,000 for the Deep Bay Field Station, to be built and managed by the Malaspina…

The European Commission has decided on a far-reaching reorganisation of the Directorate-General in charge of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs. The former “DG FISH” becomes the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and…

The FAO-established General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has approved a new region-wide scheme for stronger port State controls targeting illegal, unreported and underreported (IUU) fishing.

Responding to the publication of a report from WWF UK putting forward the case for a network of marine protected areas in the North Sea (http://www.worldfishing.net/news/news_story.ehtml?o=1933), Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the…

The Sveriges Pelagiska Producent Organisation (Swedish Pelagic Producers Organisation or SPPO) North Sea and Baltic herring and sprat fisheries have entered full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council standard for sustainable and…

A network of marine reserves, that cover at least 30 per cent of the North Sea, is needed to help rebuild populations of many fish species, and protect the habitats upon which…

The beginning of March saw the biggest trawl landings in the history of the Beta company from Runavik, Faroes.

The European Commission has announced the launch of a major EU control campaign aimed at preventing a repeat of last years overfishing of Mediterranean bluefin tuna by a number of EU Member…

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Council regulation to adapt the cod fishing quotas allocated to Poland in the eastern Baltic over the period 2008-2011.

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have just agreed a new protocol setting the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for under the…