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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.

The WWF has welcomed further steps along the road to MSC certification by Russian Alaska pollock catchers, the world’s second largest fishery.

Consumers in Japan, the world’s biggest seafood market, want both sustainably caught and clearly labelled fish products, a poll commissioned by Greenpeace shows. More than half of survey respondents said they would like to see labels on seafood products indicating that they were caught using sustainable methods, while less than 20 percent of them said … Continued

Recent surveys in both the UK and the Netherlands highlight sharp increases in consumer spending on sustainable seafood, despite almost no rise at all in overall household expenditures during tough financial times. Independent research shows a 154 percent increase in consumer spending on sustainable seafood in the UK, and a 50 percent increase in the … Continued