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NewsA new form of diesel electric propulsion
Described by Director Hallvard Slettevoll as a breakthrough in technology, the new system manages to combine the unique features of pure sinusoidal electric power, both towards the main switchboard, and to the electric motors and other electrical consumers, with minimum cost and space.Sinusoidal approchStadt has developed the idea of a ...
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The Faroe Islands revisited
Last July I had the pleasure of revisiting Foroyar (the Faroese name for the Faroe Islands) and talking to its fishermen, industry representatives, and scientists. I found there a lively discussion as to whether the fishing effort across its EEZ should be reduced.
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Fishery research vessels for NOAA
Considered among the world's most technologically advanced fisheries research vessels, these sister ships will join the 'Oscar Dyson', first of the class, which was commissioned in May of 2005. According to Rear Admiral Samuel P. De Bow Jr., director of NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, “With this new ...
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Ready for a flu disaster?
But, small ports just don’t have big city services. However, careful, common sense planning could mean smaller is better – local action by local people for speedy local reaction.Call the dentist!WHO’s 25 action ‘protocols’ are not ready, but officials have talked World Fishing through the drafts so that small ports, ...
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Reversing long term decline
Growing consumer awareness, the association believes, will reduce the market for illegally caught tuna which is supplied mostly by foreign vessels. Discouraging consumption of illegally landed tuna, in turn, will raise demand for legally caught fisheries products landed by Japan’s fishing fleet.JFA’s initiative to target consumers to combat competition from ...
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NewsCompass futures – are there choices?
FOG for clarity?When Fibre-Optic Gyros (FOGs) were introduced in the mid 1990s, it was hoped that this technology, with no moving parts, would result in high accuracy, low prices and zero maintenance as well as more economical operation, rendering regular replacement of gyro spheres, required by conventional gyros, unnecessary.After a ...
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Fishing for answers: the missing questions
The state of fisheries, whether worldwide or in individual areas, has become a fashionable subject of both learned articles in scientific journals and separate publications.
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Guarding the lights – fighting the black
Failing to notice that Norway changed its Minister of Fisheries last autumn, you would have to be colour-blind. The former Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, conservative Svein Ludvigsen (59) often dressed in dark grey before entering the scene to speak about liberalisation of the seafood industry. Structuring the coastal ...
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NGOs – what are they up to?
His comments followed steps taken by British supermarkets to take North Sea cod off the shelf in response to campaigns by Greenpeace and others claiming that the species was facing 'extinction'.The ferocity of Mr Deas' outburst may have surprised many in the fishing industry, not only in the UK, but ...
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The mercury quagmire
Whether to stop eating fish suspected of mercury contamination and forfeit the benefits of Omega-3, or ignore the mercury content and keep eating fish because the benefits outweigh the risks involved, is an ongoing, nagging argument.
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Iceland upholds a healthy economy
The importance of fisheries and of the politics of fisheries in Iceland makes the breeding of skilled ministers of fisheries a necessity. Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (51) is one of the most obvious choices. Growing up in the West Fjords of the island, he was soon involved in the local fish ...
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US seafood industry shows growth
Overall seafood consumption in 2004 was up 1.8% over the previous year (and up 9% since 2001) and stood at 7.5kg per person. This figure is made up as follows: Shrimp: 1.90kg Canned tuna: 1.50kg Salmon: 0.98kg Pollock: 0.58kg Catfish: 0.50kg Cod: 0.32kg Crab: 0.29kg Flatfish: 0.27kg Clams: 0.21kg Oysters: ...
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The meaning of sustainability – Part 2
While sustainability and sustainable development represent consensual values, their implementation is often subject to controversies. The U.N. system recognizes sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. To achieve it, a balance between environmental integrity, social development and economic development ...
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Orders for British boats
First for five yearsWhat is said to be the first new whitefish boat to be constructed for Shetland owners for five years has now been was delivered by the Whitby, Yorkshire yard of Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd.The 18.77m Copious represents an investment of over £1 million for the boat, licences ...
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“I must go down to the sea again..”
Diversification of fishing ports into a range of marine-linked businesses has been a regular theme in World Fishing’s reporting over the last five years. But it is only when you meet a firebrand such as Mike Leece that you realise that converting port sheds or trying to promote new landside ...
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The meaning of sustainability - Part 1
Environmentalists and fishermen rarely agree on anything. It’s a pity because conventional logic would say that, fundamentally, environmentalists and fishing people should stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a common cause for maintaining resources – sustainability – while blending that with their sensible usage. Unfortunately, all too often there is controversy between the ...
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Beyond the limit in the Arctic
There are two major issues regarding Svalbard and fishing. One is the problems with illegal fishing around the archipelago. The other is Norwegian jurisdiction in the same area. When the Norwegian Coast Guard arrests a Russian or Spanish trawler, accusing them for illegal fishing, both questions have to be dealt ...
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FAO, tuna and fuzzy logic
“Not all that can be measured is important and not all that is important can be measured” - Albert Einstein - I have on my desk a copy of “Management of tuna fishing capacity: conservation and socio-economics” (FAO Fisheries Proceedings 2 – publication-sales@fao.org. 2005, 336 p). The book ...
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Mauritania and the EU fail to agree
First five-year treatyThe first five year treaty with the EU was concluded in 1996 when the then government of ousted president Maaouiya Ould Taya sought to replace the diminishing and ageing visiting fleet of the former Soviet Union and its allies with the presence of modern EU vessels.Under its umbrella ...
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From bare hands to global embrace
Today the seafood company, led by president and chief executive Yngve Myhre, is only part of Røkke’s industrial empire. Within that, Aker Seafoods remains one of Europe’s biggest fishing companies, with 1,350 employees and a capital base giving it the muscle to grow.Almost a year after Aker Seafoods ASA was ...
