News

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

This year’s Nor-Fishing sees the return of the Kingfisher Information Service division of Seafish.

26th June 2012

Kingfisher exhibiting at Nor-Fishing 2012

26th June 2012

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

At Nor-Fishing 2012, Wärtsilä will present a new design concept that it says may represent the future of combined pursers and trawlers.

26th June 2012

Wärtsilä introduces new fishing vessel concept

26th June 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Supermarkets and stores in the city of Soma, Japan, have showcased octopuses and whelks caught off Fukushima on Monday.

26th June 2012

First Fukushima seafood sold

26th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Venezuela has prohibited commercial shark fishing throughout the 2,211 square kilometers of the Caribbean Sea that make up the popular Los Roques Archipelago.

26th June 2012

Venezuela ends shark finning

26th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Vladykov has arrived at its homeport in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

26th June 2012

‘CCGS Vladykov’ arrives at its homeport

26th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana says that it finds the final Rio +20 declaration to be a weak statement of intent, with no legally binding commitment that fails to respond to the urgent conservation and management…

26th June 2012

Oceana: Rio +20 makes no real progress

26th June 2012

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Karmøy Winch, producer of deck machinery packages for fishing vessels, has recently received an order to supply four new Norwegian pelagic combined purse seiner/trawlers.

25th June 2012

Karmøy Winch AS to supply four new vessels

25th June 2012

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Alu Design & Services, designer and manufacturer of advanced pilot chairs and deck rails, re-launched two of its core product offerings earlier this year, with enhanced design and production standards.

25th June 2012

Alu launches improved chairs

25th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The provisional programme has been released for the Offshore Mariculture Conference 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, which will take place from 17-19 October in Izmir, Turkey.

25th June 2012

Offshore Mariculture programme announced

25th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia’s Harvest Strategy for protecting eastern gemfish is working, says the South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA).

25th June 2012

Australia’s gemfish plan working

25th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The EU Fish Processors and Traders Association and Federation of National Organisations of Importers and Exporters of Fish (AIPCE-CEP) have welcomed the EP Fisheries Committee vote on its CFP proposals.

22nd June 2012

AIPCE-CEP welcomes EP vote on CFP

22nd June 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Dybvad Stål Industri (DSI) has announced that a new freezer for on-time continuous processing is now available, for both onshore and offshore freezing.

21st June 2012

DSI launches new continuous freezer

21st June 2012

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest ring netter from Buccaneer Boats has been launched and will be operated out of Shoreham, West Sussex, UK.

21st June 2012

Buccaneer Boats launches Royal Rebel

21st June 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

SKF has announced the availability of SKF Thruster Monitoring, an integrated and flexible condition-based maintenance (CBM) solution for propulsion and positioning thrusters in the marine and offshore industries.

21st June 2012

SKF Thruster Monitoring for marine and offshore thrusters

21st June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A study by Marine Scotland has found that the Firth of Clyde is demonstrating some signs of recovery.

21st June 2012

Firth of Clyde shows signs of recovery

21st June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has announced that central basin herring and sprat stocks in the Baltic Sea have recovered enough to be able to increase the quota for both stocks in 2013.

21st June 2012

Baltic herring and sprat reach MSY

21st June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee met on Wednesday to vote on the first draft regulation in the common fisheries policy reform package.

21st June 2012

EP votes on first CFP draft regulation

21st June 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

After more than 100 years of independence, marine and industrial engine, generator and gearbox specialist WaterMota has been acquired by the Netherlands based B&N Group.

20th June 2012

B&N Group buys WaterMota

20th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

More than 100 participants from the Asia-Pacific region recently discussed the importance of applying seafood traceability as a way of fighting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

20th June 2012

Traceability to stop illegal fishing

20th June 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Neste Oil has started producing NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry at its Singapore refinery.

20th June 2012

Producing renewable diesel from fish waste

20th June 2012