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Unilever’s plans to sell off most of its European frozen food business is the latest writing on the global wall for embattled European fishermen and processors short of raw material.

The Danish Directorate of Fisheries used a DNA test of cod in a trial in January about illegal fishing and this helped the successful prosecution of the offender. The accused’s logbook stated…

Fishermen charged with some fisheries offences could face fixed penalty fines rather than a court appearance, a consultation from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) suggested last month.

The detention of the Canadian anti-whaling vessel Farley Mowat in Cape Town harbour was being dealt with through “diplomatic channels”, according to spokesmen for the South African Department of Foreign Affairs and…

The EU Court of Justice has ruled against Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Finland and Sweden for “overshooting their quotas”, making illegal overfishing still the main cause of law infringement committed by…