Land: UK

Knut Vartdal, a Norwegian, has been elected to a new seat on the MSC board of trustees, says MSC spokesman.

The NFFO has secured a place on an influential committee

The depleted stocks of herring back from the brink of collapse, thanks to the strict conservation measures.

More than £1 million in grants has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund.

Fish and shellfish farmers are ready to take advantage of a £3 million pot aimed at the sustainable development of the Scottish fisheries industry, including aquaculture.

The Council of Ministers was held in Brussels on 18/19 November 2008. There was only one item for decision and this was the revised cod recovery plan. This is a complex piece of legislation that will apply for the next three years and replaces the largely discredited plan adopted in 2003. All the points made below are provisional and are subject to confirmation when we receive the definitive text.

The latest initiative by the fishing industry to support conservation

Scottish fishermen have welcomed the new cod recovery plan agreed

Scottish fishing plan leads the way for sustainable fishing with its innovative approach to sustaining fishing grounds.

County Down fishermen got serious blow as the authority has reduced the number of days of fishing.