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The Bush Administration announced on 26 January major budget increases totalling more than $140 million to support coastal and marine conservation efforts in Fiscal Year 2008, and released the administrations Ocean Research…

Minister of Fisheries Jim Anderton announced on 26 January that he is placing restrictions on the use of surface longlines in order to address threats to albatross and other seabirds (see World…

The European Commission and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) have entered into a partnership to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries in the region.

On 1 February 2007, the names Sæplast Dalvík and Tempra will become Promens Dalvík and Promens Tempra.

TESMA, Stromme and Polaris are joining forces as of 1 February 2007, under the Eitzen Marine Services (EMS) platform.

Irish Ministers Noel Dempsey and John Browne welcomed the successful conclusion to a Management Committee meeting in Brussels on 23 January, which agreed to a proposal from the European Commission for partial…

Canada’s Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) was presented with a cheque on 23 January for $30 million by Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister Responsible for New Brunswick, the Honorable Greg Thompson,…

WWF has issued yet another warning that tuna stocks are rapidly disappearing, this time ahead of a tuna management organisations’ meeting.

The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, and the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and the Russian Federation have agreed on the fishing possibilities for the Atlanto-Scandian (Norwegian spring-spawning) herring stock…

A group of over 50 countries has agreed at a UN conference on protection measures to protect fish stocks, especially bluefin tuna, in the Mediterranean Sea.

A WWF report out yesterday identifies the key UK marine locations in need of protection.

UK retailer Marks and Spencer has announced that by 2012 it will only sell fish certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or another independent source.

Liverpool Crown Court found 17 people guilty of falsifying catch records worth an estimated £1.25 million on 12 January.

A project collaboration between research institutes in Norway, The Netherlands, Denmark and Iceland aims to find out if cod that is ethically farmed leads to better fish quality.