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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norway’s Pan Fish ASA has acquired all the outstanding shares in Marine Harvest for E1,325 million (enterprise value). The combination of Pan Fish-Marine Harvest will become the worlds undisputed leader in the…

10th April 2006

Worlds largest fish farming company formed

10th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Exports of US seafood continue to grow dramatically in value and volume, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

27th February 2006

Bumper US highlights Europe’s woes

27th February 2006

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

We have asked you before whether you are “tricantering or not my man” [WF March 2004] and Flottweg of Germany says it has now given a new twist to its helical products…

27th February 2006

FLOTTWEG offers a whale of a time

27th February 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Danish trawl specialist and Hampidjan Group partner, Cosmos Trawl A/S, has supplied the trawl gear for Portugal’s new 73.8-metre freezer/stern trawler the França Morte.

27th February 2006

Cosmos trawl gear on França Morte

27th February 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Egersund Trawl from Norway, continues the development of equipment to make pelagic fishing more efficient.

27th February 2006

Making pelagic fishing more efficient

27th February 2006

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

McMurdo, in collaboration with the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have launched their new Man Overboard (MOB) Guardian, a safety device which signals to the RNLI the position of a vessel…

27th February 2006

Calling in the MOB

27th February 2006

NEWS

NEWS

Value at home forces fishermen to distant climes. David Hayes reports.

27th February 2006

Thailand

27th February 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Pirate fishing is now big business, involving the collusion of countries offering flags of convenience and catches which drive down income for legal fishermen.

27th February 2006

The Lawless Oceans

27th February 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Unilever’s plans to sell off most of its European frozen food business is the latest writing on the global wall for embattled European fishermen and processors short of raw material.

27th February 2006

Unilever chill for workers in €2bn selloff

27th February 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Danish Directorate of Fisheries used a DNA test of cod in a trial in January about illegal fishing and this helped the successful prosecution of the offender. The accused’s logbook stated…

27th February 2006

Danish Inspectors use fish DNA to prosecute

27th February 2006