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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.

On 3 October President George Bush directed the State and Commerce departments to “further strengthen the efforts of the United States to protect sustainable fisheries and to safeguard their effective use by…

Yesterday (4 October) EU and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries. The text sets out a framework for mutual control and enforcement between EU…

Two Canadian organisations have criticised a study that claims that sea lice from infected fish farms are responsible for the deaths of up to 95% of young wild salmon migrating out to…

Worldwide action to protect sensitive marine life and habitats from destructive deep sea trawling could be a step closer thanks to UK pressure.

Informal consultations to begin in the General Assembly today (4 October) concerning the conservation of fish stocks, under provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, were the…

Mackerel quota reduced following UK police investigations and reporting of undeclared illegal landings into Scottish processing companies by Irish pelagic fishing vessels. - The Irish Minister of State at the Department of…

The Master and owner of UK-registered fishing vessel Success III, KY211, has been ordered to pay a total of £8,000 for fishing illegally within British Fishery Limits.