Fishing Gear – Page 23

  • News

    Giants Sealord praise Fiskevegn

    2004-09-19T10:00:00Z

    Integrated weighted longlines are not just a silver bullet for reducing seabird deaths, according to Malcolm McNeill, longline manager for Sealord, Nelson.

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    Gondán delivers to Norway

    2004-09-19T10:00:00Z

    Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondán S.A. has just delivered trawler Sunderøy to its new owner Norway''s Myre Havfiske AS which is based in Sortland.

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    Masto says rope life is extended by 50-100%

    2004-08-19T11:49:00Z

    Masto Wire-Service AS of Kristiansand S Norway is the maker of the well known Masto high-pressure wire rope lubricator.

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    Finishing bycatch from prawns

    2004-08-01T12:40:00Z

    Trawl cuts discards by up to 65 per cent

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    Simrad supplies electronic equipment for Libas

    2004-08-01T12:40:00Z

    Simrad has supplied an extensive suite of hydro acoustic and navigation equipment to the 94m Libas, the largest pelagic vessel in the Norwegian fleet. Built at the Fitjar Mek Verkstad shipyard in Norway for Lie Management.

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    Dan Fender cuts float weight by 24kgs

    2004-08-01T12:40:00Z

    Denmark-based Dan Fender says its trawl-float fender can cut 24kgs off the weight of a traditional float system. It produces the special ''Skaw'' fender for Polar Skagen in Denmark. They are filled with a special polyurethane mixture in liquid form that hardens to produce a rigid float that works down ...

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    Faroese trawl cooks up herring with Swedes in two days

    2004-08-01T12:40:00Z

    Vónin of the Faroes says it is very happy with the results of a new trawl and codend, designed for blue whiting, which it has supplied to Swedish trawler TOR-ÖN.

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    Morgere launches Delta doors

    2004-08-01T12:40:00Z

    French company Morgere Trawl Doors has just launched a new type of midwater trawl door which it calls its Delta doors. The move was in response to several netmakers, the company said and they were developed in collaboration with the French national sea research institute at Boulogne sur Mer ...

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    Fiskvelar launches new grader

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    Fiskvelar has introduced its new F-308 Grader, designed to grade products by weight according to predifined format that can be controlled in various ways.

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    Icelands tongue and cheek in Chile

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    Iceland''s A.M. Sigurdsson ehf. has installed a tongue and cheek processing machine for Australian hake onboard the Chilean trawler Unzen belonging to Emdepes SA.

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    Steely Vikings hooked on million a month

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    Dimon is producing a million a month of its new stainless steel hooks and this will rise to three million a month with backing from its Indian factory which opened last November and has 60 staff.

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    Arabian box gift for europe

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    Saeplast''s 65L cooler box was originally made and designed for small boats in the Middle East and sprang from a collaboration with fishermen and the Bahraini fisheries'' ministry. After two years of development, Saeplast believe the boxes also have a huge market potential in Europe.

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    Skaginn's new line

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    Skaginn has recently introduced its new CBC processing fillet line. The line, that can be customised to suit the needs of individual customers and can be constructed in units, works as follows:

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    Joy of the trawl door

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    Hampidjan of Iceland says it is working on a radical, new, trawl-door design for the pelagic market which would ''fly'' like a plane and be controllable from the bridge with a joystick.

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    SaveWave offer new device aimed at keeping dolphins away

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    A Netherlands based company, SaveWave, has just launched a new device that is aimed at keeping dolphins clear of fishing nets. Representatives from the company have stated that this new technology will save the industry time as well as money, and will also save countless dolphins from certain death.

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    Volpak's tuna packer saves costs

    2004-06-01T16:57:00Z

    Volpak''s SP tuna packer, available from Selpak Automation, creates flat or stand up pouches from a reel of flexible film and dispenses the tuna without flaking it (by compacting the lions).

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    Flog the trawlermen?

    2004-05-01T11:27:00Z

    Trawling may boost stocks

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    Halyard attempts to reduce noise

    2004-05-01T11:27:00Z

    UYK company Halyard has recently achieved a Lloyd''s Register Type Approval for two of its produsts that have been designed to reduce noise and vibration on board vessels.

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    NME launch NOR FiFi range to help with vessel safety

    2004-05-01T11:27:00Z

    This is portable and fixed Fire Fighting units for external fire on offshore installations or vessels in fire etc. They can be used on deck of Offshore Support Vessels, tugs, harbour vessels, barges or other facilities in connection to sea.

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    New Marel partnership

    2004-05-01T11:27:00Z

    The Marel group has named Intralox, the conveyor belt supplier, for its European manufacturing outlets.