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Fisheries remains closed 'until further notice' in Oxfordshire

An Oxfordshire fisheries near Bicester remains closed "until further notice" after a year and eight months.

Call for new fish farm law as former Sepa chief warns system ‘not delivering for anyone’

A parliamentary committee concluded last year that progress in the sector had been ‘unacceptably slow’

Fishing industry fears ‘going backwards’ with new laws empowering council bans

Landmark US Magnuson-Stevens fisheries law turns 50 amid budget cut concerns

April 13 marked the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), a landmark conservation law credited with saving numerous U.S. fisheries from collapse and protecting v...

Fisheries Agency to boost labor inspections

Fishery Officers finding high local compliance

Fisheries New Zealand Officers have carried out thousands of recreational catch inspections throughout summer, with an overall compliance rate of 94 per cent. Around the country it...

Hundreds submit on Fisheries proposal to manage shellfish in Auckland, Coromandel

The review comes after the government ban on taking several species from the WhangaparДЃoa Peninsula, Kawau Bay, and ЕЊmaha Bay.

Annual fishing ban commences in coastal Tamil Nadu from April 15

Under the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act 1983, considering the breeding season of fish and to protect fishery resources, a fishing ban is implemented every year along the...

Highland salmon farm investigated by UK Government agency after diseased fish filmed

A SCOTTISH salmon farm is under investigation by a UK Government agency after blind and diseased salmon missing chunks of flesh were filmed at their Highland facility ...

Call for tougher action on foreign vessels fishing in EEZ

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs has called for stronger enforcement of non-Irish vessels fishing in the country's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Inland fisheries drive Perak economy as state leads Malaysia in production share

IPOH, April 17 — Perak recorded the highest inland fisheries landings in the country in 2024 at 2,987 metric tonne...

Magnuson-Stevens Act Celebrates 50th Anniversary

The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) turned 50 this week.

Malaysia to enforce seabass certificate rule, restrict shrimp imports from Thailand June 1

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) will tighten import controls on fisheries...

Masirah fishermen stress need for designated landing sites

MUSCAT: The Environment Authority conducted a field inspection tour along the coastline of Masirah Island as part of ongoing national efforts to strengthen environmental sustainabi...

Oman issues new executive regulation to strengthen fisheries governance and marine resource sustainability

MUSCAT – The regulation replaces and cancels 14 previous ministerial decisions governing commercial fishing, catch limits, pricing mechanisms, artisanal and recreational fishing, v...

NPFC adopts illegal fishing measures — but no Emperor Seamount protections

The North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) approved a series of measures aimed at combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and improving stock assessments dur...

Canterbury aquaculture company fined $24k

Americans Fined for Illegal Fishing in Ontario

News in Frames: Ban season, but the catch holds

Even as the annual fishing ban remains in force, some fishermen are sustaining livelihoods within permitted limits; using small fish as bait, they are landing high-value catch and...

Watchdog moves to tackle 'rotting graveyard' of fish farm waste on secluded Scottish island

Sepa is in discussion with the landowner about removing “the large volume of waste” found.

Millions of salmon deaths at Scottish farms disclosed after watchdog’s ruling

Animal and Plant Health Agency forced to release reports showing scale and cause of deaths on some fish farmsMillions of fish deaths caused by accidental poisoning and suffocation...

160 illegal fishing prosecutions in 10 months – why biosecurity fears are not easing

The prosecution of 160 illegal Indonesian fishers in Darwin in just 10 months is raising fresh questions about whether enough is being done to protect Australia’s livestock industr...