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Concern over NE Atlantic deepwater sharks and rays. The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation for the Northeast Atlantic and the OSPAR Commission (OSPAR) […]
Can anyone stop China’s vast armada of fishing boats? Ecuador stood up for the Galápagos, but other countries don’t stand a chance against the 17,000-strong distant-water fleet, as reported in […]
Deepwater Horizon study reveals fish impacts. On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil drilling ship Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 crewmen and resulting in over $60 billion in clean-up costs, […]
Alaskan sea shells reveal arctic climate change impact. Climate change results in warmer ocean temperatures, melting glaciers and more extreme weather patterns. Scientists have also observed its effects on the […]
Good progress against IUU fishing in South Pacific. The 7th annual meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), hosted by the European Union in […]
ESS finds MPA impact measurement feasible and informative. ESS demonstrates that measuring the contribution of marine protection areas (MPAs) towards healthy Scottish seas is “feasible and informative.” Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) […]
MMO secures a second successful MPA byelaw prosecution. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has secured a second successful prosecution for a contravention of an MMO Marine Protected Area (MPA) byelaw. […]
GFCM countries adopt new measures for the sustainability of aquatic foods and welcome Ukraine as a new member. Twenty-two countries and the European Union advanced their commitment to sustainable fisheries and […]
Ashley Mullenger, Digital Comms Support UK Women in Fisheries & independent fisherman. Welcome to Fish Focus spotlight on Women in Seafood, Issue 3. Follow us as we celebrate the amazing women at […]
How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters. Plymouth Marine laboratory’s Dr Sevrine Sailley, Ecosystem Modeller, has written for The Conversation UK on how climate change is reshaping fish habitats, […]
World champion Zecchini freedives with MedReAct ahead of UNOC to urge France to fully protect the Gulf of Lion Fisheries Restricted Area. World champion Alessia Zecchini performed a free dive off […]
Ocean with David Attenborough: A challenge. The new film narrated by Sir David Attenborough has some important things to say, but some equally important things should be added to it. Ocean is […]
Advancing the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the Adriatic. This month marks the entry into force of the 17 decisions that the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of […]
Two decades ago, the GFCM established the first fisheries restricted area (FRA) in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in support of fisheries management. In spring 2025, the eleventh FRA […]
EU LIFE-funded project CIBBRiNA (Coordinated Development and Implementation of Best Practice in Bycatch Reduction in the North-East Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean Regions) has embarked on a fully collaborative programme working […]
European Commission must change the way it protects vulnerable marine areas. Scientists highlighted issues with data integration, proportionality, unequal treatment of fleets and a lack of socio-economic analysis. EBFA called […]
Updated fisheries measures agreed for the North-East Atlantic. EU member states’ representatives greenlight an agreement reached between the Council’s and the Parliament’s negotiators on updated fisheries measures in the North-East Atlantic […]
New Zealand threatens to undermine global biodiversity commitments. Government U-turn on protection of vulnerable ocean life. New Zealand looks set to abandon a proposal to improve ocean protection in the […]
Groundbreaking report on social-ecological transition of fisheries. “Time for a U-Turn: for a social-ecological transition of fisheries.” Faced with the environmental and social emergency and the lack of concrete scenarios […]
Outcome of the 2023 annual meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission. The annual meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) took place between 14-17 November 2023 in London, […]
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