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ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Man versus the solar forces of the cosmos

1st June 2004

Climate change

1st June 2004

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fish farming is gaining in importance in Icelands range of fish products. Pilar Santamaria reports from Reykjavik on how salmon production has increased in two years from 3,000 tonnes to 10,000t and…

1st June 2004

Back at the Icelandic ranch

1st June 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Valka RapidFeed says its new flow control system has boosted product handling so that two workers can now handle 1,000kg per hour compared to 600kg before. It quotes Grandi assistant plant manager…

1st June 2004

Breaking tonne up barrier

1st June 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Fiskvelar has introduced its new F-308 Grader, designed to grade products by weight according to predifined format that can be controlled in various ways.

1st June 2004

Fiskvelar launches new grader

1st June 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Saeplasts 65L cooler box was originally made and designed for small boats in the Middle East and sprang from a collaboration with fishermen and the Bahraini fisheries ministry. After two years of…

1st June 2004

Arabian box gift for europe

1st June 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Skaginn has recently introduced its new CBC processing fillet line. The line, that can be customised to suit the needs of individual customers and can be constructed in units, works as follows:

1st June 2004

Skaginns new line

1st June 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Hampidjan of Iceland says it is working on a radical, new, trawl-door design for the pelagic market which would fly like a plane and be controllable from the bridge with a joystick.

1st June 2004

Joy of the trawl door

1st June 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelands Marel continues with its expansion and has acquired Icelandic company POLS, also a manufacturer of weighing and grading equipment for the food-processing industry.

1st June 2004

Marel buys POLS

1st June 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport of Iceland used the Glasgow Fishing 2004 to announce its latest wireless monitoring system to improve control and efficiency in single and twin rig trawling.

1st June 2004

Marports all-ship zapping wireless

1st June 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A Netherlands based company, SaveWave, has just launched a new device that is aimed at keeping dolphins clear of fishing nets. Representatives from the company have stated that this new technology will…

1st June 2004

SaveWave offer new device aimed at keeping dolphins away

1st June 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The Norwegian ice machine and ice plant manufacturer Finsam has recently delivered a new ice plant to Riverside Salmon in Alness, Scotland.

1st June 2004

Finsan in Scotland

1st June 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

For three generations, Frigorífico Sudeste SA has offered a variety of products and services for the packaging, freezing, and exporting of added-value seafood products and is celebrating 50 years of business.

1st June 2004

Argentine company celebrates 50 years

1st June 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Kinarca has just installed a flow-ice package on-board a Namibian trawler.

1st June 2004

Kinarca helps Namibia to improve ice flow

1st June 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sales are up for Optimar Icelands Optim-Ice liquid ice machines. Last autumn we received [enough] orders for Optim-Ice machines to keep our manufacturing facilities busy to the end of the year, reports…

1st June 2004

Optimar – cold catch for Iran and good price for skippers

1st June 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It is good news for a country that relies so much on fisheries. In 2003, total landings reached 1.98 million tonnes and fish products now represent 60 per cent of the country's…

1st June 2004

Iceland claws back its lucrative cod empire

1st June 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It is good news for a country that relies so much on fisheries. In 2003, total landings reached 1.98 million tonnes and fish products now represent 60 per cent of the country's…

1st June 2004

Iceland claws back its lucrative cod empire

1st June 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sanford announced last month that it is no longer in merger talks with Sealord Group Ltd and Pacific Marine Farms Ltd, The New Zealand Herald reports.

1st May 2004

Sanford and Sealord end merger talks

1st May 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The comming assension of ten new countries to the European Union (EU) will create new opportunities for the Spanish fishing industry.

1st May 2004

Spain to benefit from EU expansion plans

1st May 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Trawling may boost stocks

1st May 2004

Flog the trawlermen?

1st May 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Denmarks CP Food Machinery is introducing its P4000 system into the market which it says is a complete solution for the efficient production of sliced salmon and similar fish species in party…

1st May 2004

CPs double lane slicer P4000

1st May 2004