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NewsSouth Africa
Focusing on business advancement and sustainability - South African fishing companies and fishermen have been grappling with tougher fishing policies, long term commercial fishing rights and reduced quantum, uncertain catches and depleting ocean stocks, and surging diesel prices, reports Tracy Chandler.
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NewsPacked stand at Icefish
Furuno says that its stand was always packed with people during the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2008.
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NewsAn X-ray system that goes right to the bone
The modern, high-performance X-Ray Inspection Systems developed by Ishida have rapidly built a reputation for reliably detecting bone fragments in poultry fillets.
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NewsClimbing the €500-million dead fish mountain
Michel Barnier gathers together his ministerial colleagues in Annecy France as Europe heads towards the autumn stock and quota battle. CREDIT: ©Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries France, Pascal XiclunaPeter O'Neill pulls in the lines from around Europe to gauge whether anything will really change in the ritual, autumn examination of ...
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New film for the E-certificate
A thumbs up signal from Icelandic fisherman Oddur Runarsson in a new audio visual presentation of sustainable fishing conveys an unplanned but timely approval of his government’s ground breaking environmental fish product certification announced at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.
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American assessment of offshore fish farming
The US government must be taking offshore fish farming seriously.
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NewsNew processing equipment at Icefish
Marel Food Systems introduced a variety of new equipment and software systems for onboard and onshore fish processing at this year‘s Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.
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A revolution at sea
Síminn formally opened its groundbreaking network of long-range 3G transmitters along Iceland''s coastline at its exhibition-area at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.
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NewsWinners of the Icelandic Fisheries Awards 2008
Outstanding Icelandic Skipper: Kristbjörn ÁrnasonKristbjörn Árnason is one of the most experienced and successful skippers of the fishing fleet and he has, during a long and prosperous career, gained immense respect, which only those who have accomplished exceptional achievements in this work achieve. For decades he has contributed immeasurably to ...
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NewsIceFish 2008 a great success
The Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2008 opened with a bang and was an incredibly successful three day show, despite the country''s financial crisis.
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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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Scientists urge international protections for Atlantic sharks
A group of shark experts today recommended a ban on catching eight species of Atlantic, open ocean (pelagic) sharks, and strictly limiting the catch of another two, to prevent possible population crashes. Currently, there are no international limits on shark catch.
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Japanese whaling ship outlawed
The "Oriental Bluebird", re-supply and transport ship of Japan''s whaling fleet, has been de-flagged and fined, following a legal ruling by Panamanian authorities.
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New status for Seafood Scotland
Seafood Scotland is to be recognised as the first-ever Inter-branch Organisation in the UK, and one of only five across Europe.
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New fishing DVD launched
A new DVD which was filmed at sea by fishermen on various types of fishing boats has just been released.
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SFF ‘encouraged’ by first meeting with new UK fisheries minister
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says its first meeting with new UK Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies on Thursday 16 October has given good grounds for encouragement.
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Conservationists and fishermen join forces for 'sustainable sushi'
An unlikely alliance of conservationists and fishing industry representatives took the podium under the banner of "Marine Reserves for Sustainable Sushi", at the International Marine Environment Symposium in Tokyo in October.
