Electronics & Communications

The cost of Internet broadband access on land has dropped like a lead line, but seafarers are still being charged a fortune via satellite. Peter O’Neill looks at some ‘offers’ and also…

Simrad has been selected as supplier for the complete hydroacoustic instruments suite and all trawl monitoring systems for the NB399 “Cattleya”, a 62m combi fishing vessel that was scheduled for manufacture during…

Marport Wireless, a leading marine technology company, has announced a new global data network for the Automatic Identification System (AIS). - The new offering combines the power of the Internet with Marport’s…

Over the years fishermen have used many different techniques to find and harvest fish. However, acoustic technology is one of the most important forces driving the developments in the modern commercial fisheries.…

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

Iridium Satellite has signed a manufacturer agreement with the British marine electronics firm, McMurdo Ltd. to incorporate Iridiums new, low-cost 9601 Short-Burst Data (SBD) Transceiver into a new man-overboard and automatic vessel…

Koden Electronics’ 8-inch color LCD plotter sounder CVG-80 has been well received since its introduction in the summer of 2005.

Reykjavik, Iceland February 1, 2006 Marport, a leading deep sea technology company that designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of sensing, processing and communications products today announced that it is enhancing its…

PT MultiIntegra, a Transas Group distributor, has been chosen to supply the company’s Fishing & Navigational Simulator for Pariaman Fishing School & Medan Training Center in Sumatra.

Simrad has announced the appointment of Echomaster Marineas the UK sales & service company for its range of advanced hydroacoustic systems.

Frances MaxSea has now launched its 12.5 version to update 10.3 and says it offers skippers more effective use of features such as 3D, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) Automatic Identification Systems…

C-MAP says its new MAX PC Planner version, will provide all the same features as its PC PlannerNT plus substantial improvements to the detail, information and colour representations of the cartography.

SmarterTrack has launched a new system combining a dual channel VHF Automatic Identification Service (AIS) decoder in a box about the size of a pack of cigarettes. It say its sophisticated PC…

Simrad and IFREMER (French Marine Institute) have developed a new multibeam echo sounder for fishery research purposes. The ME70 is a giant step forward in fish stock assessment technology and is set…

Icelandic company Nyherji used the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition to put its mySAP All-in-One Fish software on display, offering what it calls a state-of-the-art human resources and business solution for fishing companies.

French twine, netting and fishing gear manufacturer Le Drezen told World Fishing how it has taken digital simulation software to successful level in its research and application strategies.

Iceland-based Marport is adding more features to its trawl monitoring system and increasing access to sensor information via broadband wireless.

Payroll for the fishing industry

Icelandic company Nyherji used the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition to put its mySAP All-in-One Fish software on display, offering what it calls a state-of-the-art human resources and business solution for fishing companies.