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Greenpeace has recently issued its 2006 supermarket sustainability league table.

Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing is “spiralling out of control” according to a recent meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Loyola Hearn has said that Canada will not join the call for a ban on bottom trawling.

Agreement was reached on 25 October in Edinburgh between the European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands on management measures for mackerel in the north east…

Following the government of Icelands decision to authorise commercial whaling in spite of the internationally agreed moratorium, Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw summoned the Icelandic Ambassador, Mr Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson, on 26 October…

The Canadian Northern Prawn Fishery (the second largest coldwater Nordic Shrimp and Coldwater Shrimp fishery in the world) is the first shrimp fishery in the Atlantic to enter assessment against the Marine…

According to a recent statement, in the issue concerning salmon farms, sea lice, and wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has undertaken extensive research,…

The Japanese ambassador in Iceland has stated that the Japanese already have enough whale meat, and they will not be buying any from Iceland.

Pacific Island nations (including Australia) are leading the battle against destructive fishing practices after they endorsed a declaration on deep sea bottom trawling earlier this week.

A recent EC release states that European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Joe Borg, has welcomed the adoption by the Fisheries Council, in Luxembourg, on 25 October, of the fishing possibilities…

Shetland fish farmers are being urged to take advantage of a new recycling service for redundant salmon cages that has already been successfully rolled-out on the west coast of Scotland and Orkney.

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources with responsibility for marine matters, today (22 October) announced that he has secured funding to launch…

Today, 20 October, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) will release a report on the status and perspectives of some of the most important Northeast Atlantic fish stocks.

In October Iceland resumed commercial whaling, despite the moratorium still being in place.

Seafood company Young’s have announced that they will no longer be purchasing Atlantic cod sourced from the North Sea.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will be urging Joe Borg, the EC Director General of Fisheries & Maritime Affairs, during a visit to Aberdeen and Shetland on October 19 to recognise the huge…

Last week (13 October) the European Commission has adopted a proposal amending some rules of the Common Fisheries Policy to extend existing public aid for the enhancement of safety, hygiene, working conditions,…

Australia has spearheaded landmark reforms to the global management of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) at the 13th Commission for the Conservation of SBT (CCSBT) meeting held last week in Miyazaki, Japan.