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Hawaii P.O. helps birds escape long arm of the claw
If you think Alaska means winter ice storms and Hawaiian conch-shell blowing fisherman swinging garlands in the warm sun, then Sean Martin and Jim Cook seem to have the best of both worlds in their new 78-foot F/V Caroleigh
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Longline dolphin saver tests
Dutch company SaveWave is in the final development stages of a new product to tackle dolphin bycatch. Called the Longline Saver, it is being tested for its effect on killer whales in Norway and Japan. It is expected to be available this summer, SaveWave said.
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Galicia spools out more longliners
Four new longliners will be delivered in 2004 and 2005 for Spanish shipowners from the Vigo-based shipyard in Galica, Spain, of M. Cies. They are being built for use in Atlantic fishing grounds.
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Fishmeal industry stands firm
Adrian Tatum charts the progress of the fishmeal industry over the past year
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Are you tricantering my man? Three-in-one for the price of two
Quite often one side of the world does not know what the other is doing. That can be just as true of the European fishmeal industry which sources much of its product from South America not just the North.
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Longer life on greasy tightrope
Ymuiden Stores Holland says it has recently launched a new range of steel wire rope products including EURAL wires, produced with a special heavy coating which offers up to 25 per cent more life. It says the coating offers strong corrosion protection combined with improved grease adhesion. EURAL warps are ...
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Sicornete -- thinner and stronger
Sicornete is about to launch a new, high-tenacity polyethylene product after three months of testing. It increases the strength of ropes and nets, using thinner ropes so it reduces trawl drag and fuel consumption, hence nets can be bigger and catches higher, says Albino Matos of Sicornete.
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Euronete factory
Euronete, based in Oporto, and making heavy nets for bottom trawls and pelagic fishing, report they have opened a new braiding factory in the north of Portugal.
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Quintas & Quintas nets ponds
Nets and ropes manufacturer, Quintas & Quintas, says it has not only seen an increase in its sales of nets to fish farms but this sector now represents 25 per cent of total sales for its fishing division.
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Fishnet tights: raw power, style or polyfibres?
When a skipper or company''s supply officer have to spend large sums of money on new nets, one of the problems they have is ''how do they decide which product is the best for which job?'' What makes things more difficult is that really the only good way to ...
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Maaskant delivers beam trawler
Dutch company Maaskant Shipyards delivered the Geertruid-Adriana to Gebroeders H. en B. Marjis C.V. at Arnemuiden in January. The Dutch beam trawler fishes for bottom fish in the North Sea. In order to improve fish handling, a specially-designed system by Maaskant with conveyor belts, sorting and gutting lines has been ...
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Vónin's Blue Whiting trawl goes on-board the Finnur Fridi
Trawling specialist Vónin Ltd has equipped the Finnur Fridi (see World Fishing, February), with toughened purse seining and pelagic trawling gear. Called the "Blue Whiting trawl", it has a circumference of 2,048 metres, 32-metre meshes in the forenet and is made of braided "Super 12" material in different ...
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Poles tailor Baltic trawl for pelagics
Polish company Baltic Net says it is working on a prototype for a new pelagic trawl especially designed to operate in the Baltic pelagic fishery.
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Balancing political fish logs at home and abroad
Q. This year, 89% of the Irish Sea fleet will be free of the 'days-at-sea' system. The overall quota for Ireland has increased 8% over last year. All this seems to be a successful achievement at a time when the trend in Europe is towards more cuts and restrictions. Were ...
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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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Waiting for a Mediterranean plan
Most of the vessels, particularly from Sicily and the southern Adriatic, work local Mediterranean fishing grounds with a small number of vessels heading out to operate on high seas.Fishing activities inevitably follow the contour of the country's coastline, with many small harbours alongside some of the big industrial ports such ...
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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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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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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 ...
