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At the end of the preparatory meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York, Joe Borg, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, welcomed the consensus achieved by…

John Browne T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine Natural Resources on 22 November received the 2007 Stock Book from the Marine Institute.

On 20 November, the European Commission adopted its annual proposal on next year’s guide prices for fresh and frozen fisheries products as well as the Community producer price for tuna for processing.

The European Commission has welcomed the new port state control scheme that was adopted last week by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to tackle illegal fishing activities.

The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans…

Loyola Hearn, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, met Norway’s Minister for Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Helga Pedersen, on 14 November to build on shared successes in strengthening the management of high…

A humpback whale accidentally became entangled in a net last week while an Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) crew was conducting a test fishery for herring in Prince William Sound.

Seafish has just published a report, ‘Towards a National Development Strategy for Shellfish in England’, which highlights the major contribution the shellfish industry makes to the British economy. The report presents the…

Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, has announced that Orange Roughy will be added to the threatened species list under Australian environment law.

A recent release from Oceana states that evidence has been presented in an international meeting of mediterranean countries to show that Italy and France are using illegal driftnets.

According to WWF, major fish buyers in Japan and Europe are threatening to boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna unless drastic measures are taken to protect the threatened stock.

Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister, Vladimir A. Izmailov, visited the Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre when he was in Tromsø for Norwegian-Russian fishery negotiations recently.

The Shark Alliance has applauded the decision made last week by Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to halt targeted fishing of vulnerable sharks in…