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    Marport launches global AIS data network

    2006-05-29T12:54:00Z

    Marport Wireless, a leading marine technology company, has announced a new global data network for the Automatic Identification System (AIS). - The new offering combines the power of the Internet with Marport’s recently announced xPoint™ AIS receivers. The new AIS data network will become operational on July 1 at www.aisdatanet.com

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    Marport's latest acoustic products set new standards for deep sea fisheries.

    2006-05-04T15:23:00Z

    Over the years fishermen have used many different techniques to find and harvest fish. However, acoustic technology is one of the most important forces driving the developments in the modern commercial fisheries. Acoustic technology is especially well suited for fish finding applications since sound travels farther and faster underwater than ...

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    Russian powerpack with Newage box

    2006-04-28T12:02:00Z

    AMP Complect, Newage Transmissions'' marine equipment distributor in Moscow, has gained Russian River Authority approval for a fully marinised powerpack designed to meet the needs of commercial fishing and workboats operating on the country''s extensive inland waterway and intercoastal network.

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    Low-cost, green fuel for the fishing industry

    2006-04-28T11:59:00Z

    Seafish, the UK’s Sea Fish Industry Authority, has launched an important project which aims to provide the fishing industry with an alternative, low-cost and environmentally-friendly fuel.

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    Ice machines updated

    2006-04-28T11:48:00Z

    Milan-based Scotsman Europe – Frimont S.p.A has announced an updated and improved ice line in order to reduce installation time and service maintenance.

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    Optimar Iceland holds orders for 21 units

    2006-04-28T11:20:00Z

    Following a relatively slow 2005, Iceland’s Optim-Ice has an excellent order book that includes two brand new machines that have more capacity than any machine produced previously.

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    Triteq tracking of fishing fleets

    2006-04-28T11:18:00Z

    Triteq Ltd has designed a secure vessel monitoring system, which assists global asset management and monitoring of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) by tracking fishing fleets at sea.

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    Iridum and McMurdo join forces for alerting system

    2006-04-28T11:15:00Z

    Iridium Satellite has signed a manufacturer agreement with the British marine electronics firm, McMurdo Ltd. to incorporate Iridium''s new, low-cost 9601 Short-Burst Data (SBD) Transceiver into a new man-overboard and automatic vessel reporting system.

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    New systems from Koden

    2006-04-28T11:12:00Z

    Koden Electronics’ 8-inch color LCD plotter sounder CVG-80 has been well received since its introduction in the summer of 2005.

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    Vingtor 60 years on

    2006-04-28T11:01:00Z

    Integrated communication solutions specialist Zenitel is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its well respected Vingtor integrated marine communications brand.

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    Marel processing system achieves 20% throughput growth at north Iceland plant

    2006-04-10T16:46:00Z

    Leading international fish catching and processing company Samherji hf, of Dalvík in northern Iceland, has a long-standing and successful partnership with Marel. This collaboration has produced innovative development of a range of seafood-processing technologies.

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    Craemer’s boxes – the fisherman’s friend

    2006-04-10T16:42:00Z

    Craemer Plastics Materials Handling will be displaying their successfully established and proven fish boxes at Fishing 2006.

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    Vónin makes fishing more profitable

    2006-04-10T16:22:00Z

    Vónin’s new sorting system for pelagic fishery is designed to improve profitability and consists of a four-sided net tunnel with a flexible grid fitted inside. This sorts larger fishes from, for example, blue whiting and herring. The larger fish that do not pass through the grid, escape through an opening ...

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    New fish finders and radars from Furuno

    2006-04-10T16:07:00Z

    Furuno’s just announced FCV-585 and FCV-620 digital, dual-frequency fish finders incorporate the latest in digital filtering for enhanced detail and accuracy.

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    Geonet for sharp shooting

    2006-02-27T10:18:00Z

    Britanny''s iXTrawl reports that customers are happy about the reliability and robustness of its trawl sensors which work with Geonet to improve trawl positioning and allow the bridge to check if the trawl is working properly.

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    Cosmos trawl gear on França Morte

    2006-02-27T10:14:00Z

    Danish trawl specialist and Hampidjan Group partner, Cosmos Trawl A/S, has supplied the trawl gear for Portugal’s new 73.8-metre freezer/stern trawler the França Morte.

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    Making pelagic fishing more efficient

    2006-02-27T10:12:00Z

    Egersund Trawl from Norway, continues the development of equipment to make pelagic fishing more efficient.

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    Survival suits boost

    2006-02-27T10:11:00Z

    Strømme AS of Norway hopes to capitalise on new International Maritime Organization rules to sell more Helly Hansen surivival suits to the international merchant and fishing fleets.

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    Calling in the MOB

    2006-02-27T10:09:00Z

    McMurdo, in collaboration with the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have launched their new Man Overboard (MOB) Guardian, a safety device which signals to the RNLI the position of a vessel with the MOB on board.

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    Longlining fishery gets MSC certification

    2006-02-27T10:07:00Z

    The freezer longline Pacific cod fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska has become, last month, the first cod fishery in the world to obtain the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. Cod products of this ...