Fishing Technology 2-10 – Page 98
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NewsLine fishers catching fewer...birds
Safeguards introduced in recent years to protect seabirds from longline fishing activities are successfully reducing the number of accidental bird kills, and experts are now calling for similar measures to be used in other forms of industrial fishing in areas where seabirds are at greatest risk.
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NewsNew crabber opts for de-rated power
Scrabster-based Boy Alan, a new shellfish catcher built by the Seaway Group in Macduff, Scotland, typifies the latest generation of under-10m, purpose-built, static-gear boats.
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NewsReliability is the word
The MAN Diesel type 27/38 engine installed in the Irish fishing vessel F/V Mark Amay, has successfully reached 45,000 hours of operation.
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News£25,000 to help cut fuel costs in the Scottish fishing industry
Belzona Polymerics Ltd has donated £25,000 of its revolutionary fuel efficiency improvement product, Belesta LC2 to support the Scottish Fishing Fleet in their current crisis of high fuel prices.
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Computers count
Many of you probably went to the Nor-Fishing exhibition in Trondheim in August, where you would have seen the latest fish processing machines and equipment for use on board factory trawlers and other fishing vessels.
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NewsDecisions based on facts
An optimal trawling process is always dependent on the quality and the quantity of information provided to the decision maker.
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New way of mounting gillnets
A new way of mounted gillnets has been invented by Icelandic company Neptunas.
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Spanish fishing fleet adopts Sea Marshall® MOB system
Marine Rescue Technologies ltd. says it is pleased to announce that the company has fulfilled two thirds of their contracts to supply the Sea Marshall® man overboard systems to the Spanish fishing fleets.
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NewsMcMurdo appoints Finnish and Greek distributors
Portsmouth UK based manufacturer of emergency distress beacons, McMurdo has appointed Furuno Finland Oy as its new distributor in Finland.
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NewsUS patent awarded to OceanLED
OceanLED has been granted a US patent for its unique LED underwater lighting products.
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NewsChemring Marine calls for change in worldwide marine safety practices
The marine distress signals company is calling for standardised rules for replacing dated safety products to enhance marine safety.
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Integrated processing plant for pelagic harvests
IceBits from Iceland is currently developing a ''total fish plant'' for a company in the Sultanate of Oman.
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NewsLIMA RM 30 S fish separators
The RM 30 S separator is the latest LIMA model launched on the market for fish applications.
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Presenting FutureFish
FutureFish is a new processing method for fresh, frozen (thawed) and salted fish, suitable for both soft and strong fish including whitefish (such as cod), resulting in higher quality, higher yield and increased shelf life, using only fully natural methods (no chemicals at all).
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NewsFish boxes a great success
“The straight stack 70l plastic ''Craebox'' has proved to be a great success for Boxpool Solutions in Scotland in developing their box rental business," says Chris Neill, Craemer''s sales director, plastic materials handling.
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Packaging tailored to customer's needs
Consumer behavior has changed. People have less time and do not wish to shop every day - they shop once a week and the result is a growing demand for longer shelf life.
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NewsIshida launches automatic weighing solution
Ishida Europe has extended its range of solutions for the weighing and packing of fresh, sticky products with the introduction of a new range of ‘Screw Feed’ multihead weighers, which allows the fully automatic handling of these types of products for the first time.
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NewsEfficient worldwide sardine production
Ulf Groenqvist, president of fish processing machine manufacturer, AB SEAC, looks into the worldwide production of canned sardines and similar fish and calls for a new sorting/grading machine.
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NOAA names trawl gear for fisherman involved in its invention
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has named a fishing trawl recently approved for use in the Northeast for its co-inventor, Phil Ruhle. The Rhode Island commercial fisherman was lost at sea in July when his vessel sank off the New Jersey coast.
