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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Topographical names in Iceland and elsewhere in temperate climates imply that, long before the advent of mechanised refrigeration, ice was collected in the mountains during the winter and stored in the lowlands…

6th November 2006

‘Containerised’ block ice plants

6th November 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada, in collaboration with Slurry-21 Co. Ltd., part of the Hitachi Zosen Group of Japan, has delivered the world’s first onboard low-salinity slurry system, producing slurry with approximately…

3rd November 2006

New low-salinity slurry system

3rd November 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Despite being introduced to reduce the amount of by-catch caused by trawling, longlining still attracts a variety of animals that are not their targets – albatrosses and other seabirds among them.

3rd November 2006

Simple steps to responsible longlining

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) will expand satellite monitoring to all Commonwealth licensed fishing vessels as part of new measures to ensure the sustainability of Commonwealth fisheries.

3rd November 2006

Vessels to be monitored by satellite

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

MDS-OrbBuoyTM is the new buoy recently launched by SeaStar.

3rd November 2006

Track your fishing assets

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Triteq Ltd has designed a secure vessel monitoring system, which assists global asset management and monitoring of exclusive economic zones by tracking fishing fleets at sea.

3rd November 2006

Vessel monitoring system for improved security

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

When Terralogic Ltd, a provider of rugged computer solutions, wanted to source a linear encoder that could work in harsh outdoor conditions, the Cardiff-based company turned to the SHG-TT from Newall Measurement…

3rd November 2006

Linear encoder scales fish measuring challenge

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The CatchMeter, developed by Scantrol, the University of Aberdeen, IMR and MATCON, is a computer vision system that can automatically recognise the species of a fish and register its length along with…

3rd November 2006

Automated fish measurement

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

During a visit to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources’ decentralised offices in Clonakilty on 2 November, Irish Minister of State, John Brown T.D., announced that the new independent statutory…

3rd November 2006

Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Authority to be established in January

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 1 November diplomats from around the world, led by Britains ambassador, delivered a strongly-worded protest (demarche) condemning Iceland over its decision to resume commercial whaling.

3rd November 2006

UK leads whaling protest in Iceland

3rd November 2006