Electronics & Communications – Page 5
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NewsNew Kongsberg simulator meets training demand for sustainable fisheries
The first contract for a state-of-the-art simulator covering navigation, fishfinding and catching has been signed with the Lofoten Vocational School in Northern Norway. The new K-Sim Fishery will support training, improving safety and sustainability within the fishing industry.
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NewsBetter target detection with WASSP F3X
Fisherman could benefit from better target detection, deeper depths and greater screen clarity with WASSP’s new F3X multibeam sounder featuring more energy and better processing than its previous F3 model.
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NewsPresenting the Gear-Eye View
A revolution has taken place in the last few years in terms of the volume of data that can be transmitted from gear-mounted sensors back to the catching vessel, although there are still significant natural limitations to this and companies developing marine electronics are competing for bandwidth, according to Axel ...
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NewsWASSP launches interference management system
WASSP has launched a Key Pulse and Interference management system including an automated frequency and bandwidth algorithm.
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NewsENL Group invests in ENL Europe to support growing WASSP sales
On 1st February, a new, international office for ENL Group to support the innovative WASSP Multibeam Sonar, opened in the UK located at Maldon in Essex. The successful growth of WASSP sales since its first introduction to the European market in 2006 has seen the requirement for further investment in ...
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NewsSensor success in West Africa
As well as those around the world with a long background in making use of trawl technology from Scanmar, there are some newer big players who are also singing the praises of the Norwegian experts.
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NewsEros chooses Fleet Xpress
Norwegian fishing company Eros A/S has signed a contract with Inmarsat Maritime to install Fleet Xpress on three fishing vessels operating in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea.
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NewsWesmar; changing hands after 52 years
Wesmar founder and president Bruce H. Blakey has announced today that he has sold his company to local businessman Roger Fellows. He founded Western Marine Electronics in 1965 to develop sonar to help commercial fishermen find fish.
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NewsA smarter way to fish
SeapiX from French marine electronics specialist iXblue is a step into the future as it merges familiar fishing tools into a single working environment in a fishing vessel’s wheelhouse.
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NewsTailoring data for coastal fishing
Inmarsat’s entry-level Fleet One satellite communications service has been developed to meet the needs of coastal operators who want to maintain cost efficient connectivity without the unpredictability of cellular coverage.
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NewsGillnet warning device for porpoises launched
A programmable warning device has been developed to alert harbour porpoises to gillnets in their vicinity.
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NewsOne man bridge on display at Nor-Fishing
JRC, Alphatron Marine and ProNav will be showing the one man bridge at this year’s Nor-Fishing, which they claim will “redefine the standard we know today”.
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NewsWASSP announces new F3 Widescan Sounder
WASSP Ltd has released its second product for 2016 - and the fifth in three years - the WideScan Sounder F3.
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NewsFleet Xpress commissioned for Alaskan Leader Fisheries
Alaskan Leader Fisheries has signed a contract to install Inmarsat’s new high-speed broadband maritime communications service, Fleet Xpress.
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NewsTrackwell VMS for the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Trackwell recently launched its Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) for the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
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Solar powered VMS delivers bait dragging data
Innovative solar battery-powered vessel monitoring systems (VMS) from SuccorfishM2M have been fitted to Poole Harbour vessels in Dorset, UK, as part of a project to encourage a collaborative approach between fishermen, conservationists and marine management.
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DMS acquires the marine division of Jeppesen
Digital Marine Solutions (DMS) has acquired the assets of the Marine Division of Jeppesen.
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NewsNew distributor and service provider for Scanmar
Advanced catch control systems manufacturer, Scanmar, has appointed Enaradio SL to look after its customers in Spain and Portugal.
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NewsDigiCatch monitoring system
DigiCatch from US company SmartCatch is a real-time remotely controllable HD video, lighting and sensor system that gives the user eyes inside the net to virtually see in the dark in order to monitor the trawl.
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NewsNew Octopus 10 from BlueTraker
The new Octopus 10 from BlueTraker is a touch screen terminal with pre-installed applications for fisheries.
