Fishing Technology 2-10 – Page 114
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NewsAutomated fish measurement
The CatchMeter, developed by Scantrol, the University of Aberdeen, IMR and MATCON, is a computer vision system that can automatically recognise the species of a fish and register its length along with other extended information on colour and shape.
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Simulation for tuna seining
As computer software reaches into every area of fisheries, the design of seine nets is no exception. French netting specialist Le Drezen has pioneered the use of a unique modelling software program that digitally simulates a haul, thus helping vessel owners and skippers to design the seine best suited to ...
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Positive feedback for Sapphire
Sapphire, the flagship brand of PE compact nettings from the Indian manufacturer Garware Wall Ropes Ltd, is becoming more and more popular amongst trawl owners around the world, with a particularly good response from skippers in South Africa and Namibia.
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NewsTrawl monitoring for “Bergur Huginn” and “Gjogur”
Marport, a marine technology company that designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of acoustic sensing, processing and communications products, announced in early August that it has been selected as the supplier of complete trawl monitoring and net sounder systems for the fresh fish trawlers “Bergur Huginn” NB44 and “Gjogur” NB45.
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NewsNeptune for I&J vessels
Earlier this year, the South African based Irvin & Johnson purchased a pair of 8m2, 3400kg Polar Neptune trawl doors for their Sterkoder type, “Bluebell”.
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NewsNotus vessels see immediate fishing improvements
According to Notus Electonics Ltd, “install Notus and you see improved fishing immediately”. The company claims that this has been the result for the ever increasing number of trawlers installing the Trawlmaster.
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News“Strømegg” new build takes full fish finding package
Simrad has been chosen to supply the 62.6m “Strømegg”, a new build combined pelagic trawler/purse seiner currently in production at Karstensens Skibsværft, Denmark, with a complete electronic high performance fish finding package.
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NewsNew smoked eel filleting machine
The new ST501 from STEEN has been developed to make eel fillets from smoked eels automatically, replacing a very labour intensive process which, up until now, was done by hand.
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NewsRedesigned filleting machine
Swedish fish processing machine manufacturer AB SEAC has redesigned one of the most common fish processing machines on the market – the ARENCO SFD-300.
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NewsPelagic processing solutions
In the area of processing pelagic fish, Skaginn has developed fully automatic total solutions, as well as partial processing units, for weighing, packing and palletising pelagic products.
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NewsIshida’s revolutionary traysealer
At Scanpack, at the end of October, Ishida Europe will unveil a brand new traysealer capable of sealing speeds of 200 trays per minute, an innovative X-ray inspection system, a new multihead weigher specifically developed for fresh meat and an integrated mini packing line for fresh products and ready meals. ...
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Proven weighing and labelling performance
AEW Delford Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of weighing, grading and labelling equipment, demonstrated successful weighing and weigh labelling systems at PPMA 2006.
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Introducing RFID technology to fisheries
Food quality is one of the most important aspects of modern living, and the basis for wellness around the world.
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NewsLatest S-VDR from Sperry
Northrop Grumman has been awarded type approval by the US Coast Guard for the Sperry Marine VoyageMaster II Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR), one of many such units now available on the market.
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NewsSmartFind EPIRB gains type approval
Emergency Location Beacon manufacturer and technology pioneer, McMurdo has gained type approval for the new SmartFind EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon).
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Transas teaches fishing
The Transas Group claims to be a world-leading manufacturer of software and hardware systems for professional training and certification of sea specialists. The broad scope of Transas simulators enables training in different maritime specialties and allows training in both standard procedures and emergencies, developing professional skills and consolidating theoretical knowledge ...
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NewsSmart ways to catch fish
Belitronic fish jigging machines were developed by the Swedish family, Neuendorf. The father, Bjorn and sons Patrik and Thomas have used the most modern computer technology available to help fishermen make line fishing more efficient.
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NewsRoxAnn GD – for better bottom discrimination
Sonavision’s RoxAnn uses tried and tested seabed analysis techniques to produce colour-coded 2D and 3D charts in real-time. With this, a skipper can quickly and accurately identify what kind of ground is below him, for example, rock, gravel, sand, silt etc, and build up personal colour coded charts, indicating favourable ...
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Data, data everywhere and not a byte to please
The cost of Internet broadband access on land has dropped like a lead line, but seafarers are still being charged a fortune via satellite. Peter O’Neill looks at some ‘offers’ and also proposes some simple solutions to get your costs down.
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NewsNew Headline & Catch Sensors
The launch was recently announced by iXTrawl of its new Headline and Catch sensors.
