All Industry News articles – Page 423
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Nor-Fishing heads for Chile
Nor-Fishing Foundation will have a stand for the first time at the Aqua Sur trade show this month. It will also sign a new cooperation agreement there involving the international fisheries trade fair Nor-Fishing in Trondheim and the new fisheries show Pesca Sur, which is to be held in Conception, ...
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Managing the deep
The issue of how to develop a viable and enforceable management policy for deep-sea fishing has become an important preoccupation for the industry, regulatory authorities and scientists.
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Solomon and EU in wise tuna move
The European Union and the Solomon Islands have initialled a new bilateral Fisheries Agreement for a first period of three years running from 1 January 2005. It is exclusively for tuna fishing for EU vessels, at 6,000 tonnes of tuna per annum.
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Spain for flamenco, not one-step, with Mauritania
In spite of Mauritanian efforts to improve hygiene infrastructure and controls, there are still many obstacles to be overcome in order to have more joint ventures and collaboration between EU and Mauritanian operators, according to the Spanish Federation of Fisheries Organisations (FEOPE).
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Suiting-up with Ziegra's 3-in-1 ice for storms gear
Ziegra is introducing new on-board StreamIce systems for the production, storage and pumping of ''liquid'' ice. The new gear, Ziegra says, when combined with correct handling techniques, beats the opposition with significant improvements in shelf life, quality and freshness.
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Icy Eve Evaporates
Scotsman Ice System is offering its Enhanced Vertical Evaporator (EVE) for industrial storage, processing and transportation needs of the fishing industry.
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Steel Berlewen takes over from wooden Defiance
Nick Chapman of Padstow has taken delivery of his 15-metre gill netter Berlewen, from Steel Kit partners S.C Mcallisters and Parkol Marine, to replace his 16.7m wood-built Defiance.
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Norway delivers Sheanne to Ireland
Solstrand has delivered its new build no. 77, MFV Sheanne to owner O''Shea Fishing Company, Killybegs, Ireland
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New propulsion from MAN B&W
MAN B&W says that more than 100 of its new engines have now been ordered. The L21/31 orders are mainly for Holeby-GenSets for large vessels and Alpha propulsion plants for small and medium-sized vessels. The first will be installed in April for Karstensens Shipyard, Skagen, Denmark for a 38-metre, triple-deck, ...
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New from Perkins Genset Sabre range
With the introduction of the new 415GM genset engine, Perkins Sabre now offers net engine power outputs spanning from 13.5kWm to 161kWm. The new 415GM delivers a maximum net engine power output of 13.5kWm at 1,500rpm, and 16.2kWm at 1,800rpm, while the continuous net engine power output at 1m500rpm is ...
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Fiskekroken Deepchills
Fiskekroken AS of Norway has installed a Sunwell Variable-State Ice system for its salmon-packing plant, part of Safish AS. The bulk of the company is now owned by Salten Aqua Invest, a consortium of five local fish-farming companies.
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Vigo floats ice meet in February
Vigo, Spain, will be hosting a technical conference on flow ice and its applications in the fishing sector on February, 5. The focus of the technical discussions will be on the advantages offered by this new product. They include: quick cooling capacity, wide surface contact, no damage to the product, ...
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YORK Marine takes permafrost office to sunny Vigo
Ice-maker machine company YORK Marine has opened a permanent office in Vigo (Spain).
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American tuna fishers offer own bodies to challenge mercury
US albacore tuna fishermen have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test them and their wives and children for side effects from methylmercury. The move is seen as a strategic challenge against scientific reports on the dangers of eating tuna, which threaten the tuna consumer market. The 400-strong ...
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Making it cheaper with DATANET
French company ACELMA has launched DATANET, a low-cost and simpler version of its wireless geometry and trawl-positioning system GEONET. The new software provides spread-door data and can be uprated by adding functions such as distance, water temperature and depth.
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MARELEC's push and pull warp speed
ARELEC says it has developed a unique, twin-rig control using precision warp-pull meters for additional control of the fishing gear.
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Easy-to-use VHF with mobile phone features
UK-based McMurdo Pains-Wessex has now received full UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency approval for its F1 VHF radio with Class D Digital Selective Calling (DSC).
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Merlin's impossibly magic batteries
The domestic battery bank must be the most important feature for life on board.
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GRAB YOUR GRIB IN STITCH UP WITH JENIFER
WeatherNet is fast becoming a preferred site according to US-based Ocean and Coastal Environmental Sensing (OCENS) and they have now added new features for 2004.
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O'Higgins for Norway from Chile
Norwegian director general of fisheries Peter Gullestad and director Odd Berg have been appointed Comendador and Caballero, respectively, of the Chilean "Order of Bernardo O''Higgins".