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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Notus has developed what it describes as the first shrimp detector for trawl gears, and reports from the first users to fit the system to shrimp trawls have been highly positive.

23rd November 2018

Real-time shrimp monitoring with Notus Echo

23rd November 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway-based Bjørøya has expanded its fleet with the acquisition of a new AKVA feed barge.

22nd November 2018

Bjørøya acquires new AKVA feed barge

22nd November 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A meeting aimed at reducing the overfishing of bigeye tuna in the Atlantic has ended with no breakthrough in sight.

22nd November 2018

IPNLF bigeye tuna fears

22nd November 2018

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Fish processing systems designer Valka has signed a contract with Murman Seafood Company to design and build a EUR10m first of its kind groundfish processing plant featuring a fully automated pin-bone and…

20th November 2018

Valka to deliver EUR10m groundfish factory

20th November 2018

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

?The Russian fishing industry is on the verge of major changes, due to the recently announced state plans to completely replace the existing distribution of fishing rights based on track records with…

17th November 2018

Russia: on the brink of big changes??

17th November 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A Herman Jansen design, shrimp beam trawler Bona Fide TX-65 has been built for Texel skipper Erik Kalf by TCD, the technical division of the Urk Fishermen’s Co-operative (VCU) and is the…

16th November 2018

Texel shrimper, first newbuild for TCD

16th November 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Full of enthusiasm for aquacultures shift offshore, Langley Gace, Senior Vice President of InnovaSea Systems and chairman of this years High Energy Mariculture Conference in Corfu, shared his thoughts on the potential…

15th November 2018

Offshore farming’s promising potential

15th November 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Damen will present its new vessel leasing fund specifically designed for African shipowners, at the first Damen Fishing Seminar being held in Cape Town, South Africa on 22 November.

14th November 2018

Damen leasing fund for African shipowners

14th November 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish salmon farm medicine is significantly changing local marine environments and putting marine life at risk according to research carried out by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

14th November 2018

Scottish salmon farm meds ‘harm marine life’

14th November 2018

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Perkins My Engine app has been downloaded by users more than 100,000 times since its launch in 2017, and this milestone has marked with a major upgrade to the My Engine…

14th November 2018

Perkins My Engine App gets upgrade after 100k downloads

14th November 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack tuna fishery has achieved certification to the MSC Fisheries Standard.

13th November 2018

Echebaster achieves MSC certification

13th November 2018

WORLD FISHING EVENTS

WORLD FISHING EVENTS

On the last day of the High Energy Mariculture 2018 conference in Corfu, attendees were given a unique opportunity to see an offshore farm and packaging plant for themselves at Corfu Sea…

13th November 2018

HEM site visit – Corfu Sea Farm

13th November 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Spanish tuna fishing sector has registered its concern regarding the adoption by ICCAT of a new management measure for bigeye tuna species in the Atlantic, due to the high impact that…

13th November 2018

Spanish concern over bigeye management measures

13th November 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first Fisheries Ministers’ Conference representing south Indian states has unanimously decided to implement the Minimum Legal Size (MLS) measure recommended by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) to curb juvenile…

12th November 2018

Kerala works to boost deep sea fishing

12th November 2018

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Fish farming has made strong progress in recent years, but there’s still plenty of choppy water ahead.

12th November 2018

Aquaculture can be more sustainable

12th November 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Piriou Group’s shipyard in Vietnam has delivered a new ice-class longliner Réunion-based operator Comata to fish for Patagonian toothfish in waters around French TAAF territories.

12th November 2018

Piriou delivers Comata’s new longliner

12th November 2018

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Expensive doors can turn out to be the cheapest doors, according to Vónin’s Søren Havmand. He explained that the company’s Storm demersal doors were designed without even thinking about the cost, as…

11th November 2018

All the spread with Storm doors

11th November 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has proposed its 2019 Total Allowable Catches (TACs) in the Atlantic and the North Sea for 89 stocks, with the fishing quota either increased or the same for 62…

9th November 2018

EC proposes TAC increase for 27 stocks

9th November 2018

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Chevron Marine Lubricants has developed a brand-new range of cylinder lubricants compatible with virtually all available global sulphur cap 2020 compliance options.

9th November 2018

Chevron Marine Lubricants launches 2020-ready lubricant range

9th November 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New research has found that krill oil with naturally high levels of Astaxanthin and Omega-3 Phospholipids significantly reduces fasting glucose levels in healthy humans.

8th November 2018

Krill oil reduces human glucose levels

8th November 2018