ICELAND'S annual cod quota is to remain at 130,000 tonnes - as forecast by Fishupdate.com a week ago.

Loch Fyne Oysters has scooped the Marine Aquaculture Company of the Year at the The Crown Estate Marine Aquaculture Awards, which were held at The Hub in Edinburgh. The award was collected by David Attwood, Production Director at Loch Fyne Oysters.

The European Fish Advisory Committee (ICES) have released their management advice for 2009 for a number of fish species in the North Atlantic. The catch quotas for cod and haddock in the Barents Sea are recommended to be higher next year (2009) as the spawning stocks of both species are well above the precautionary limit. It is anticipated that the quota size will rise a minimum 10 per cent for cod and 20 percent for haddock.

Scotland's precious native freshwater fish life is to receive greater protection from alien species.

A Victorian painting of the Stonehaven fishing fleet heading home to harbour is expected to sell for more than £3000 in Edinburgh next week.

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) welcomes the agreement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) today to protect deep-sea corals and other sensitive ecosystems from high seas bottom fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic.