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450 Million hooked on the future
The world''s largest single market in terms of population is now home to a new EU fishing fleet and industry, serving 450 million citizens from May 1 as the 10 new member states joined the existing 14 in the EU .
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IFE selling fast
Iceland may have only just printed the brochure for the 2005 Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, but 60 per cent of the space has already been taken for the 7-17 September 2005 event in Kopavogur. The triennial show, the 8th of its kind, seems to give exhibitors the breathing space they need ...
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Iceland 2005 supported by major organisations
The 2005 Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition has secured the support of all major Icelandic Fisheries organisations. The message we wanted to get across is the importance of this show to the nation and by securing the supporters listed below there can be no doubt to anyone looking at this show and ...
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Back at the Icelandic ranch
Fish farming is gaining in importance in Iceland''s range of fish products. Pilar Santamaria reports from Reykjavik on how salmon production has increased in two years from 3,000 tonnes to 10,000t and production is on course to reach as much as 50,000t to 60,000t by 2010.
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Breaking tonne up barrier
Valka RapidFeed says its new flow control system has boosted product handling so that two workers can now handle 1,000kg per hour compared to 600kg before. It quotes Grandi assistant plant manager Isleifur Arnarson as saying: "When we installed the freezer, we had some doubts that we could operate it ...
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Fiskvelar launches new grader
Fiskvelar has introduced its new F-308 Grader, designed to grade products by weight according to predifined format that can be controlled in various ways.
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Icelands tongue and cheek in Chile
Iceland''s A.M. Sigurdsson ehf. has installed a tongue and cheek processing machine for Australian hake onboard the Chilean trawler Unzen belonging to Emdepes SA.
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Steely Vikings hooked on million a month
Dimon is producing a million a month of its new stainless steel hooks and this will rise to three million a month with backing from its Indian factory which opened last November and has 60 staff.
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Arabian box gift for europe
Saeplast''s 65L cooler box was originally made and designed for small boats in the Middle East and sprang from a collaboration with fishermen and the Bahraini fisheries'' ministry. After two years of development, Saeplast believe the boxes also have a huge market potential in Europe.
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Skaginn's new line
Skaginn has recently introduced its new CBC processing fillet line. The line, that can be customised to suit the needs of individual customers and can be constructed in units, works as follows:
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Joy of the trawl door
Hampidjan of Iceland says it is working on a radical, new, trawl-door design for the pelagic market which would ''fly'' like a plane and be controllable from the bridge with a joystick.
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Marel buys POLS
Iceland''s Marel continues with its expansion and has acquired Icelandic company POLS, also a manufacturer of weighing and grading equipment for the food-processing industry.
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Marport's all-ship zapping wireless
Marport of Iceland used the Glasgow Fishing 2004 to announce its latest wireless monitoring system to improve control and efficiency in single and twin rig trawling.
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SaveWave offer new device aimed at keeping dolphins away
A Netherlands based company, SaveWave, has just launched a new device that is aimed at keeping dolphins clear of fishing nets. Representatives from the company have stated that this new technology will save the industry time as well as money, and will also save countless dolphins from certain death.
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Volpak's tuna packer saves costs
Volpak''s SP tuna packer, available from Selpak Automation, creates flat or stand up pouches from a reel of flexible film and dispenses the tuna without flaking it (by compacting the lions).
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Wholey benefits from Sunwell
Robert Wholey & Co. prides itself on supplying whiting fillets that are ''fresh from the ocean''.
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Finsan in Scotland
The Norwegian ice machine and ice plant manufacturer Finsam has recently delivered a new ice plant to Riverside Salmon in Alness, Scotland.
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Icebox storage
Galician manufacturer Icebox Plástico has already had some success with its new Liquid Ice Storage Modular Tank (LISMOT).
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Argentine company celebrates 50 years
For three generations, FrigorÃfico Sudeste SA has offered a variety of products and services for the packaging, freezing, and exporting of added-value seafood products and is celebrating 50 years of business.
