Amateur anglers are to be included in tougher controls on EU fishing agreed today as part of continuing efforts to revive dwindling stocks.

The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should be “very active,” with nine hurricanes and a good chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the US coast, a top researcher said today.

Japan will cut its Atlantic bluefin tuna catch by 23% by 2010 in an effort to help preserve stocks of the endangered fish, the country’s fisheries agency announced today.