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Glenn Hurry has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and will commence on 2 July.

Seafish has announced that it is giving serious consideration to a possible move from Hull to Grimsby, to be part of the new Humber Seafood Institute.

Ian Gatt has been elected as the new president of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, succeeding Alex West who has retired from the role after three years at the helm.

A Marel hf subsidiary has purchased the distribution and service divisions of Maritech in Norway from AKVA Group ASA. In the future, Marel Food Systems will handle distribution of group products in…

The tangible progress achieved in the past year against illegal fishing in the North Atlantic is very encouraging. As highlighted at the North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers Conference, such progress is due to…

A pioneering regional fisheries initiative has developed a series of options that could be a step towards sustainable fisheries in the south west of England.

Aker Seafoods is expanding into the Spanish fishery industry through the acquisition of a majority stake in Pesquera Ancora in Spain. With this acquisition, Aker Seafoods gains control of four Spanish trawlers…

Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced last week that Canada’s New Government will provide funding in the amount of $8.2 million for improvements…

The successful Seafish Fleet Economics report is to be produced annually and staff from the Seafish Economics team are gearing up to meet vessel owners around the entire UK.

New labour standards designed to improve the conditions for roughly 30 million men and women working in the fishing sector worldwide were adopted at the 96th annual conference of the International Labour…

The Commission has welcomeed the political agreement reached in Council on two important fisheries proposals.

New Zealand has introduced stab-resistance vests which are designed to protect the wearer’s torso from attack by sharp-edged weapons. The vests meet the requirements of British police and are the same as…

This week, Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) adopted a landmark proposal to ban international trade in sawfish, shark-like rays with elongated, tooth-studded snouts considered Critically Endangered…

Five proposals on a range of fisheries issues were adopted by the Council meeting in June.

Unhappy France and Spain compromised at the 12 June meeting so ministers could vote in a framework for tuna and sand eel recovery.

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) announced today the completion of the association’s merger with the US Tuna Foundation (USTF). The combined organisation, led by NFI President John Connelly, will continue its mission…

There has been an overwhelming response to the second round call for applications for Onshore Business Assistance and Fishing Community Assistance provided under the Australian Government’s $220 million Securing our Fishing Future…