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FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

After months of testing, Notus has released a long life battery and intelligent charger for its Trawlmaster and Seinemaster net monitoring systems. Sensors will now be powered by a high end NiMH…

1st June 2007

Doubling the battery life of net monitoring systems

1st June 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

NOAA (the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has amended the regulations governing how fishing net mesh size is measured in the Northeast.

1st June 2007

New mesh measurement rules in the Northeast

1st June 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

According to Seafish, a new type of prawn trawl developed by the organisation is offering significant environmental benefits, by producing a higher quality prawn catch whilst reducing the fish bycatch.

1st June 2007

Environmental benefits from Seafish prawn trawl

1st June 2007

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The new Vik-Sandvik designed fishing vessel has the following main dimensions:• Length: 81.6m• Length between p.p.: 71.8m• Breadth: 16.6m• Depth to 1. deck: 10m• Depth to 2. deck: 7.2m• Frame spacing: 0.6mThe…

1st June 2007

P/F Vinnan orders new purse seiner/trawler

1st June 2007

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

North Sea Winches is a renowned supplier of winches, net drums, gilsens and slave haulers mainly to vessels around the UK and Ireland.

1st June 2007

New slaves from North Sea Winches

1st June 2007

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Fish processors who thaw large amounts of frozen fish blocks have to deal with the fact that the thawing process takes up much space, is labour intensive and in many cases consumes…

1st June 2007

Innovative solution for thawing fish blocks

1st June 2007

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Last year was the best ever for sales of Marel flowline equipment in Iceland, the company’s home market and one of the world’s most experienced and knowledgeable fishing and fish processing societies.…

1st June 2007

Record Flowline sales in Iceland

1st June 2007

NEWS

NEWS

Fisheries still the backbone of the economy - Not so long ago seafood amounted to 80-90% of Iceland’s total export value of goods, reports Gudjon Einarsson. The country’s economy and the rate…

1st June 2007

Iceland

1st June 2007

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

“…Yet this sea, this beautiful sea, is not to be trifled with. If It gets angry and suddenly and unexpectedly begins to foam, the waves whipped up by the tramountana rise up,…

1st June 2007

The Northwesterly fury

1st June 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The joint US/Canadian Pacific hake fishery (also known as Pacific Whiting) - recently the subject of a new US-Canadian treaty - has entered full assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC’s) standard…

31st May 2007

Pacific hake fishery enters full assessment for MSC eco-label

31st May 2007