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Emerging cooperation between the WWF and Russian whitefish catchers may signal a new step in the global fight for sustainable fisheries, the organisations say.

Stakes were raised in the ongoing North Atlantic mackerel conflict as the Faroe Islands decided to unilaterally increase its TAC to a degree even Iceland described as “out of proportion”.

In a letter to EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso ninety-one European and other European organisations accuse the Commission of having “failed to live up to its own commitments” when it comes to reforming fishing subsidies.

A US national expert panel has published a report urging federal and regional institutions to more committedly involve the fishing communities in the nation’s spreading catch share system.

Norwegian exports of cod in February amounted to more than €150 million, the highest sum ever recorded for that month, the Norwegian Seafood Export Council reported.

The latest round of talks in the ongoing mackerel conflict ended no deal and Scottish interests calling for the EU to impose “meaningful sanctions”, while the Icelandic chief negotiator claimed his country was willing to be “more flexible”, and the head of the Norwegian delegation said that “things are moving”.

A revoked exemption from EU dioxin rules would have hard repercussions on fisheries along Sweden’s northern coast and threaten its traditional fermented herring (surströmming) industry, a government study shows.

For the first time Russian fisheries are reporting catches on the same level as when the Federation was part of the Soviet Union 20 years ago.

Members of the European Parliament representing 14 nations and all the major political alliances have formed ”Fish For the Future”, a cross-party campaign group to promote radical CFP reform.

Both Argentina and Peru have been hard hit by apparent effects of overfishing, while Chilean seafood exports suffers from unfavourable exchange rates.