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25 Nov 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Simon Spring   Following decades of sovereignty disputes and forced displacement, the government of Mauritius has announced plans to maintain a ban on commercial fishing across an area of the Indian Ocean larger than France, whilst establishing a groundbreaking marine protected area that explicitly incorporates cultural considerations and traditional fishing practices. The Chagos Archipelago Marine […]

25 Nov 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Tanya Barrow   The Scottish Government has launched a public consultation on 11 proposed joint UK fisheries management plans for demersal fish stocks, marking a significant step in delivering sustainable management of Scotland’s valuable whitefish fisheries. The plans cover eleven different demersal fish stocks, species that live and feed on or near the […]

18 Nov 2025

MarineNews

Photo by Tom Brown   The UK government has been warned that its flagship post-Brexit fisheries law is “failing” to deliver on promises of revitalised fish stocks and thriving coastal communities. MPs, environmentalists and some inshore fishermen argue the Fisheries Act, introduced after the UK left the EU’s fisheries policy, continues to allow overfishing and inadequately distributes […]

16 Feb 2021

MarineNews

Researchers and fishermen working in the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area have demonstrated for the first time, negative effects of pot fishing on both the benthic epibiota and the fishery, and that this effect is dependent on pot density. After 4 years, lower numbers of some key Reef Builders were observed in units subjected to […]

11 Aug 2020

MarineNews

Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna was on the verge of collapse less than two decades ago but is now considered to be sufficiently recovered and well managed for a small Japanese company to receive accreditation by the Marine Stewardship Council Click here The assessment process started in 2018 and has been subject to formal objections from […]

04 Apr 2016

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I’d seen the images but never knew there was a massive set of these – celebrities and fish take your pick – then I came across this … click here to see the images … It’s all about communication. ‘Fishlove was set up in 2009 by Nicholas Röhl, co-owner of MOSHIMO, and actress Greta Scacchi […]