Fishing Gear – Page 24
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Faroese trawl cooks up herring with Swedes in two days
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
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
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
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
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
Saeplast''s 65L cooler box was originally made and designed for small boats in the Middle East and sprang from a collaboration with fishermen and the Bahraini fisheries'' ministry.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
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
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
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
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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Halyard attempts to reduce noise
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
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
The Marel group has named Intralox, the conveyor belt supplier, for its European manufacturing outlets.
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McMurdo MT-1 approved for US use
The European approved McMurdo MT-1 has now been agreed for use in US waters.
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New ships with old names for Donegal from Denmark
Karstensen Shipyard Ltd in Skagen, Denmark have now delivered two new vessels one to Irish Owner Frank Doherty, of Kincasslagh, Donegal and the other to Pauric Conneeley, Gregboy, Claregalway, Donegal . The new vessels replaces the owners'' previous vessels. They are Western Chieftain and Girl Stephanie.
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Stealth Rope beats underwater resistance
The Stealth Rope is reported to be working very well on mid-water trawls according to its manufacturer Van Beelen of the Netherlands.
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Hawaii P.O. helps birds escape long arm of the claw
If you think Alaska means winter ice storms and Hawaiian conch-shell blowing fisherman swinging garlands in the warm sun, then Sean Martin and Jim Cook seem to have the best of both worlds in their new 78-foot F/V Caroleigh
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Longline dolphin saver tests
Dutch company SaveWave is in the final development stages of a new product to tackle dolphin bycatch. Called the Longline Saver, it is being tested for its effect on killer whales in Norway and Japan. It is expected to be available this summer, SaveWave said.
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Galicia spools out more longliners
Four new longliners will be delivered in 2004 and 2005 for Spanish shipowners from the Vigo-based shipyard in Galica, Spain, of M. Cies. They are being built for use in Atlantic fishing grounds.
