WWF Stirs Up a Stink
UK - An animated fish puppet emerging from an icebox is WWF International's latest means of pushing the virtues of sustainable seafood.

'No-take' Fish Ban Plans for Bay
UK - Plans to develop a marine conservation area off the isle of Arran, which will help protect thousands of species, are to be unveiled later.

Assembly Told of Victory in Fisheries Council
NORTHERN IRELAND - Northern Ireland had resisted potentially harsh cuts in their fishing industry during the debate in the December Fisheries' Council in Brussels, Fisheries Minister Michelle Gildernew told the Northern Irish Assembly this week.

Trust Helps Fund New Workboat
SCOTLAND - Shetland Development Trust has invested almost £350,000 into a hire purchase agreement to allow a local salmon farm to buy a Norwegian workboat.

Marine Task Force Needs Wider Representation
SCOTLAND - Scottish councillors in the Highlands and Islands region are urging local authorities to be represented on the Marine Task Force.

SSPO Charity Supports Education and Research
SCOTLAND - Scotland’s salmon farmers are to create a charitable organisation to support and enhance the industry’s future development.

Fish Farmers Agree To Work With Anglers
UK - The growing co-operation between angling organisations and fish farmers was underlined yesterday with the signing of two further local management agreements.

Largest AMA Region Gets a Step Closer
SCOTLAND - Two more Area Management Agreements (AMAs) have been signed in Scotland. Argyll and Lochaber Region are the latest salmon farming areas to join the scheme which brings the total number of AMAs up to 18.

Carp: The new face of fish suppers?
UK - Migrants' tastes and environmental factors help to revive interest in a fish neglected since medieval times

Supermarket flies fish 5,000 miles from country where millions are starving
UK - A major supermarket chain has outraged human rights activists by selling fish from Zimbabwe. The campaigners said it is wrong to fly in food more than 5,000 miles from a country where millions are on the brink of starvation.

Fisheries Research Agency Highlights Achievements
SCOTLAND - The Scottish centre for fisheries, aquaculture and the marine environment research has achieved or exceeded all its performance targets in its latest financial year.

New salmon industry body will support staff training
UK - Scotland's oft maligned salmon industry is to found its own charitable body - an education and research foundation that will support and enhance the industry's future development.

Soil Association standards top WWF study
UK - The Soil Association’s organic fish farming standards scored 90 per cent and was ranked first in a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) study of 24 international aquaculture certification schemes.

Climate Change Invaders threat to River Usk
WALES - Climate change and the spread of invasive species are the two major issues affecting the quality of the River Usk. These were the principal themes to come out of a recent conference in Abergavenny hosted by the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)....

Smuggled Carp Seized at Eurotunnel Port
UK - Inspectors from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in the UK were called in to support Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers based at Coquelles, near Calais, France, when they stopped a consignment of fish at the Eurotunnel,...