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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The new ‘aquaport’ in Urk in the Netherlands is now regularly receiving commercial shipments of live lobsters from Halifax in Nova Scotia. The first consignment arrived on 21 May, and they have…

24th August 2010

New live lobster terminal up and running at Urk

24th August 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Funz San Industry is currently working on a project that includes two slipway winches with a capability of 150T@5m/min and two slipway winches with capability of 60T@5m/min. These winches are for a…

24th August 2010

Large order book for Taiwan winch manufacturer

24th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Clearwater Seafoods has reported second quarter EBITDA of $7.1 million (€5.5 million) on sales of $65.2 million (€50.6 million), a decrease on comparative figures for the same period of 2009 of $8.5…

20th August 2010

Clearwater Q2 profits dip

20th August 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Dyrkorn has opened a new depot in the north Norway port of Båtsfjord to bring its services closer to the area where most of the country’s longlining activity takes place.

19th August 2010

Dyrkorn opens Båtsfjord depot

19th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aquaculture giant Cermaq has reported an EBIT pre fair value of NOK 215 million (€22.7 million/$35 million) for the second quarter of this year based on strong results in all parts of…

19th August 2010

Salmon prices boost Cermaq bottom line

19th August 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

This year has been another good year for orders of Naust Marine’s (NM) Automatic Trawl Winch System (ATW) and its AutoGen system for automatic power management of generators, said the company.

18th August 2010

American Seafoods, Murmansk contracts for Naust

18th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Plans to regenerate Newlyn Harbour have been put on hold after £3.2 million (€3.9 million/$5 million) of European Fisheries Fund cash was turned away by the harbour commissioners.

18th August 2010

Newlyn mothballs fish market upgrade

18th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK supermarket chain Morrison’s is to sell Cornish albacore tuna under a new name in an attempt to make it more appealing to customers.

17th August 2010

Retailer renames Cornish tuna as Coruna

17th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sonar technology company Marport Deep Sea Technologies introduced its latest software defined sonar products at the Nor-Fishing 2010 exhibition in Trondheim, Norway.

17th August 2010

Marport introduces new products at Nor-Fishing

17th August 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

After a period of organisational changes and downsizing Mustad Longline has hired a new senior project manager. The appointee, Arne Tennøy will join the company’s sales office in Aalesund, Norway.

17th August 2010

New senior project manager for Mustad Longline

17th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Waterford shellfish processor Erin Isle Seafood Ltd has become the latest Irish company to switch from sodium metabisulphite to Prawnfresh treatment for prawns.

16th August 2010

Irish shellfish processor signs up to Prawnfresh

16th August 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Hot on the heels of Cygnus Marine’s recent demise, Ronnie and Mary Coote’s Kingfisher Boats, established in 1986, finally closed for business at the end of June, ending half a century of…

16th August 2010

Cornish boat builder sells up

16th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists are reporting significant changes in the distribution of coastal fish species in south-east Australia which they say are partly due to climate change.

15th August 2010

Climate change impacts SE Australia fish species

15th August 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

JT Electric’s new underwater HD digital camera is an effective tool in reducing the capture of prohibited species in harsh environments, the Faroe Islands-based manufacturer has said.

13th August 2010

Trawl camera to optimise sustainable fishing

13th August 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Shetland-based seafood company Isle of Shuna has gone into administration.

13th August 2010

Shetland seafood firm goes into administration

13th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Pew Environment Group has criticised a proposal asking the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to certify as sustainable a fishery that threatens vulnerable marine species including bluefin tuna, blue marlin, short-fin mako…

13th August 2010

Pew opposes MSC certification of surface longline catches

13th August 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The new Hybrid Shaft Generator (HSG), developed by Rolls Royce, is an advanced power electric system that will allow for flexible use of speed, enabling better efficiency of both propeller and engines.

13th August 2010

Rolls Royce’s new hybrid shaft generator

13th August 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Following a refit of its propulsion system, the trawler Jette Kristine has increased its bollard pull. The refit, carried out in Frederikshavn, Denmark, replaced the propulsion gear with a new propeller and…

11th August 2010

Optimised propulsion from MAN Diesel

11th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Responding to the news that the Faroe Islands has decided to follow Iceland’s lead and declare an increased mackerel quota for this year, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has called on the Faroese…

11th August 2010

Scots urge Faroes to reverse decision to set own mackerel quota

11th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Taiwans grouper industry has mostly recovered from the damage caused by Typhoon Morakot last August, with an average of 80% of grouper aquaculture farms having resumed operations, the Fisheries Agency said.

11th August 2010

Eighty percent of Taiwans grouper farms back in operation after Morakot

11th August 2010