Fishing Technology 2-10 – Page 120

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    Japan calling

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    Japan Radio Co. (JRC) says it will be showing a new LCD Navtex, a compact Fleet F33 and three new Inmarsat C systems, at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

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    Oval Foil does the job in Iceland

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    BRITTANY-based Morgère says it is doing well in Iceland with its oval foil door and has already put installations on more than 30 bottom trawlers there. Magnus Eyjolfsson, sales manager of Ã?sfell, distributor of Morgère in Iceland says what is getting sales is how simple it is to use the ...

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    Angle Sensor keeps the doors open

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    SCANMAR says that, following comprehensive trials of its Angle Sensor on doors, they are now moving to commercial production. It says it is the first sensor to feature brand new functionality since the mid-90s.

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    Hampidjan's latest at the IFE

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    ICELANDIC company Hampidjan will be showing its new Poly-Ice ''OPEX'' trawl door for the pelagic market at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

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    The Baltic states move to tubs

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    BORGARPLAST says the European tub market is stagnant but its tubs are picking up good business in the Baltic states, and its reach now covers customers in Africa, especially Tanzania and Uganda.

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    Three-in-one ice outside the box

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    Falch Marine A.S of Svolvær (Norway), reports that it has worked with Sunwell, the slurry ice people, to develop a new system to add onto their existing Deepchill(tm) set up and this has reduced time through more automation, and improved quality which has added two-days'' to retail shelf life.

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    Swedes delighted to freeze for Kiwi vessels

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    Swedish company Searef reports it has installed a cargo hold refrigeration unit for the Sea Hawke, owned by the new Zealand''s company Forty South Limited.

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    Close the door! It's cold inside

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    Spain''s Kinarca claims its Frost-Free Airlock-Vestibule can save up to 40 per cent power and reduce the formation of fungus on-chill room products.

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    Overflowing plates for DSI

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    Danish plate freezer manufacture Dybvad Stål Industri says orders are very strong and that Icelandic company Sjolaskip H.F. has just order 28 vertical plate freezers on top of an earlier order of 69 vertical freezers for their new vessels. Fresh Catch in Scotland has put in another order following its ...

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    Crabsticks tempt Starfrost into Russia

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    The UK''s Starfrost, which says it has been supplying bespoke mechanical freezing and chilling equipment since 1984, reports it has opened an office in Moscow to target the expanding frozen food market in Russia.

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    Frozen fish get naval submarine tech

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    Belgian company International Quality Freezers (IQF) working with engineers from the Swedish naval and submarine industry, says they have produced the first freezer built in one piece -- using a tube instead of fixing panels together. It says the smooth, glossy finish and sloping floor means easy cleaning, top hygiene ...

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    Stealth design smoothes way to net profit

    2005-08-08T12:26:00Z

    DUTCH company Van Beelen says its thinner, profiled ropes and netting are selling well because they are improving fuel consumption and increasing towing speeds by at least 10-15 per cent.

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    Bring in the old, throw out the new

    2005-08-03T12:25:00Z

    In his second article from Latvia, Peter O''Neill reports on how he discovered that some of his new-fangled ideas about diversification do not always stand up. Aivars Lejietis, general manager of Gamma-A in Riga shows him that staying with a brand from the Middle Ages in the 21st century not ...

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    Garware-Wall India maximises with Maxilon, value-added and feedback

    2005-07-01T12:27:00Z

    In this second report from India, editor Pilar Santamaria, reports how Garware-Wall Ropes, Pune, is counting on innovation, quality and price to keep growing in a difficult market.

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    India produces global weave

    2005-06-01T18:00:00Z

    Indian manufacturer Garware-Wall Ropes ltd, keeps its 2,000 employees busy by working at full steam to introduce a whole new range of quality ropes and nets into the market. Pilar Santamaria reports from Pune and at Wai, 300km South of Mumbai, in India.

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    3X-Stal's new chiller

    2005-06-01T16:57:00Z

    3X Stal has launched a new rapid chiller which its says offers: increased yield, firmer shrimp with netter texture, better colour and less tail breakage.

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    Minister shoots out tentacles over seabird catch

    2005-06-01T15:00:00Z

    In an unprecedented move, New Zealand''s Minister of Fisheries, David Benson-Pope has called the bulk of the country''s squid fishing fleet back to port to prevent seabird deaths.

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    MasterCast from ORBIMAGE

    2005-06-01T15:00:00Z

    ORBIMAGE has released version 6.0 of its software for its SeaStar Fisheries Information Service. It has its own satellite (OrbView-2), and the company says Captains can view the oceanographic maps created by its staff by installing the OrbMapâ„¢ software on a vessels PC. It says the new version allows a ...

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    Prion hooked on nude snood

    2005-06-01T15:00:00Z

    New Zealand-based Prion Technology says their new snood system is getting a positive response on the sea and they hope to sell it into a number of markets, according to director Andy P. Smith.

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    MIDWATER AND INSHORE ORDERS FOR SIMRAD AT FISHING 2005

    2005-05-25T16:16:00Z

    Simrad Ltd reports a healthy order book after Fishing 2005, with orders taken across its ranges, but with an emphasis on the smaller midwater and inshore vessels.