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M&S eco-label farmed fish 'not better for environment' – report

7 Dec 2011:

University of Victoria study finds many eco-labels are not much better at protecting oceans than conventionally farmed fish

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Whales, dolphins, seals: newcomers crowd into British waters in pursuit of their prey

4 Dec 2011:

Scientists predicts cetaceans from as far away as the Pacific will live here as climate change heats up our waters

South African fisherwomen: 'The whole marine environment has changed'

25 Nov 2011:

John Vidal: Warmer seas mean a decline in quality of lobsters – which means there are fewer to catch and harder to sell

Europe urged to back global ban on shark finning

21 Nov 2011:

The European commission has proposed a total ban on EU vessels removing shark's fins at sea and discarding the body

Country diary: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

18 Nov 2011:

Derek Niemann gets caught up in a life and death drama on the banks of the Ivel

Shocking footage reveals tuna industry's slaughter of marine life – video

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18 Nov 2011:

New video footage captured by a tuna industrywhistleblower has been released by Greenpeace

We must suffer short-term economic pain to make our seas sustainable

15 Nov 2011:

Paul Gompertz: Easing the pressure from fishing and shipping will hurt – but collapse of our oceans will hurt a great deal more

Shark fin soup disappearing from the menu at Chinese weddings

10 Nov 2011:

Couples marrying in Hong Kong and mainland China swayed by conservation groups' campaign to ban shark trade

North west cockle beds closed

8 Nov 2011:

After more than 20 emergency call-outs since fishing resumed, the Ribble and Wirral cockle beds have been closed.

Cockle bed may close in Lancashire after a series of incidents

2 Nov 2011:

Emergency services have been called out 26 times in the past two months after cocklers got into difficulties

Give unwanted fish to the poor, says EU fisheries chief

27 Oct 2011:

As part of deal to end discarding of edible fish at sea, Maria Damanaki tells MPs some species should go to charities

Shark conservation is gaining momentum - but are we doing enough?

27 Oct 2011:

Scientists and law-makers across the world are prioritising the protection of sharks, but critics say the measures don't work

Shark caught off Florida by marine conservationists - video

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27 Oct 2011:

See how the RJ Dunlap marine conservation programme at the University of Miami is helping the fight against plummeting shark numbers

Stephen Fry leads celebrities in campaign to save Cromer's crab factory

22 Oct 2011:

Matthew Pinsent and Alan Titchmarsh rally to small Norfolk town's revolt against job losses

Europe scraps automatic fish quota cut

21 Oct 2011:

European commission drops proposals for an automatic cut to stocks without sufficient data

Shark massacre reported in Colombian waters

19 Oct 2011:

Environmental authorities say up to 2,000 hammerhead, Galápagos and whale sharks were slaughtered for their fins

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It's wrong to blame Iceland for overfishing mackerel

18 Aug 2011

Response: We need an international quota agreement to manage stocks properly, says Sigurdur Sverrisson

Fish Fight brought EU fisheries' waste into our homes

12 Aug 2011

Richard Benyon: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight campaign united people against disgraceful discards like no politician could

EU and fish quotas: Who will protect these fish from our feeding frenzy?

8 Aug 2011

George Monbiot: The EU tells Iceland and the Faroes to stop their fishing frenzy of mackerel, but only because it wants to plunder the stock itself

Who owns the right to catch fish? Manchester United?

5 Aug 2011

Emma Cardwell: Fishing quotas have been privatised and given to unknown holders, in effect holding small-scale fishermen to ransom

From phone hacking to fishing policy

14 Jul 2011

Simon Hoggart: Like anything connected with the EU, the debate about quotas was conducted in jargon

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