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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will be urging Joe Borg, the EC Director General of Fisheries & Maritime Affairs, during a visit to Aberdeen and Shetland on October 19 to recognise the huge…

17th October 2006

SFF to meet with Borg

17th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Last week (13 October) the European Commission has adopted a proposal amending some rules of the Common Fisheries Policy to extend existing public aid for the enhancement of safety, hygiene, working conditions,…

16th October 2006

EC extends aid for improving vessel safety, hygiene and engine efficiency

16th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia has spearheaded landmark reforms to the global management of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) at the 13th Commission for the Conservation of SBT (CCSBT) meeting held last week in Miyazaki, Japan.

16th October 2006

Australia leads landmark reform on Southern Blue Fin Tuna

16th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The progressive company at the heart of Grimsby’s fish industry has collaborated with a leading worldwide marine fuels supplier to provide a state-of-the-art bunker operation for vessels that come to the area.

13th October 2006

New investment fuels Grimsby Docks bunker operation

13th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 3 October President George Bush directed the State and Commerce departments to “further strengthen the efforts of the United States to protect sustainable fisheries and to safeguard their effective use by…

6th October 2006

Bush: eliminate destructive fishing practices

6th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Yesterday (4 October) EU and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries. The text sets out a framework for mutual control and enforcement between EU…

5th October 2006

EU and Norway agree on closer collaboration on fisheries

5th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two Canadian organisations have criticised a study that claims that sea lice from infected fish farms are responsible for the deaths of up to 95% of young wild salmon migrating out to…

5th October 2006

Sea lice study uses ‘old data and flawed methodology’

5th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Worldwide action to protect sensitive marine life and habitats from destructive deep sea trawling could be a step closer thanks to UK pressure.

4th October 2006

Bradshaw welcomes growing momentum to stop destructive deep sea fishing

4th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Informal consultations to begin in the General Assembly today (4 October) concerning the conservation of fish stocks, under provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, were the…

4th October 2006

Ban on bottom trawling?

4th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mackerel quota reduced following UK police investigations and reporting of undeclared illegal landings into Scottish processing companies by Irish pelagic fishing vessels. - The Irish Minister of State at the Department of…

4th October 2006

Irish mackerel quota reduced

4th October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Master and owner of UK-registered fishing vessel Success III, KY211, has been ordered to pay a total of £8,000 for fishing illegally within British Fishery Limits.

3rd October 2006

British and Dutch trawlers fined

3rd October 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Byron Marine Ltd. has announced that it has purchased the lighthouse tender “Pharos” from the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses in Scotland and this will be operated under a long-term charter with…

3rd October 2006

South Georgia upgrade

3rd October 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

During the company’s 32 years of designing vessels, it has always had a strong focus on developments for the fishing vessel fleet – and says that the focus on this market will…

3rd October 2006

Three new pelagic vessels

3rd October 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The equipment, to be supplied by Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit, will include a complete networked system that ties together all of the ship’s navigation sensors and steering controls into an…

3rd October 2006

Integrated bridge system for new Scottish fisheries patrol vessel

3rd October 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

As computer software reaches into every area of fisheries, the design of seine nets is no exception. French netting specialist Le Drezen has pioneered the use of a unique modelling software program…

3rd October 2006

Simulation for tuna seining

3rd October 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Sapphire, the flagship brand of PE compact nettings from the Indian manufacturer Garware Wall Ropes Ltd, is becoming more and more popular amongst trawl owners around the world, with a particularly good…

3rd October 2006

Positive feedback for Sapphire

3rd October 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Marport, a marine technology company that designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of acoustic sensing, processing and communications products, announced in early August that it has been selected as the supplier of…

3rd October 2006

Trawl monitoring for “Bergur Huginn” and “Gjogur”

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The new ST501 from STEEN has been developed to make eel fillets from smoked eels automatically, replacing a very labour intensive process which, up until now, was done by hand.

3rd October 2006

New smoked eel filleting machine

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Swedish fish processing machine manufacturer AB SEAC has redesigned one of the most common fish processing machines on the market – the ARENCO SFD-300.

3rd October 2006

Redesigned filleting machine

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In the area of processing pelagic fish, Skaginn has developed fully automatic total solutions, as well as partial processing units, for weighing, packing and palletising pelagic products.

3rd October 2006

Pelagic processing solutions

3rd October 2006