News

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A major incident was narrowly avoided following an early morning collision between two trawlers off the island of Senja in the Arctic north of Norway.

24th March 2010

Emergency patch prevents trawler capsize

24th March 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Westfalia Separator® eagleclass is a completely new generation of mineral oil separators from GEA Westfalia Separator.

24th March 2010

New mineral oil separator generation

24th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Mora of Sweden has launched a new brand platform for its knives.

24th March 2010

New knife brands in place

24th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scotlands leadership on the European stage was highlighted during a meeting held by Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead in Brussels on 22 March.

24th March 2010

Scottish fisheries and Europe

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ballyglass RNLI (UK) lifeboat crew launched at 9pm on 20 March to assist a fishing vessel in difficulty 30m north of Kid Island.

24th March 2010

Ballyglass RNLI on 8hr callout to fishing vessel

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Inverted crab dillies also known as witches’ hats will be banned in Queensland from 2 April 2010.

24th March 2010

New Queensland crabbing gear laws from 2 April

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Hake from the South African trawl fishery will continue to carry the Marine Stewardship Council eco-label after successfully completing its five year re-assessment against the MSC standard.

24th March 2010

South African hake trawl achieves re-certification

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

French stern trawler Maranello fished for six hours inside an area off Trevose Head, Cornwall, UK, which is closed annually to demersal trawling to protect spawning cod, magistrates heard.

24th March 2010

French stern trawler fished inside closed cod box

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Government delegates attending the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to list porbeagle sharks in Appendix II of the treaty, but rejected protections for three other…

24th March 2010

Pew applauds vote giving international protection to porbeagle sharks

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA and Åse Aulie Michelet reached agreement that Ms Michelet would step down as CEO effective as of yesterday.

24th March 2010

Åse Aulie Michelet steps down as CEO of Marine Harvest

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has certified Mont Saint Michel Bay ‘moules de bouchot’ from Trad’Ocean.

24th March 2010

French traditional mussel culture obtains sustainability recognition

24th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A unique project in Orkney, UK, between the emerging wave energy industry and the local inshore fishing community aims to demonstrate that the two industries can co-exist in harmony - and deliver…

24th March 2010

Sustainable energy meets sustainable fisheries management

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aberdeen Harbour has awarded Macduff Shipyards the contract to build a new workboat.

24th March 2010

Aberdeen Harbour awards Macduff Shipyards £1m contract

24th March 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Icelandic fishing company Uthafsskip, which operates two freezer trawlers, recently received a second pair of trawler winches for one of its trawlers, Glorya.

19th March 2010

Uthafsskip’s new winches

19th March 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Hampidjan recently supplied a full set of Dynex Warps to Norwegian pelagic vessel Birkeland, consisting of two sets of 2,000m of 40mm diameter Dynex Warp.

19th March 2010

First Norwegian pelagic trawler to use Dynex Warps

19th March 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Bangladesh fishing company Sea Resources Limited and Danish fishing gear manufacturer Cosmos Trawl have renewed a contract with Danish overseas aid agency Danida to put into place the third phase of a…

19th March 2010

Cosmos to produce gear in Bangladesh

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Tucal has designed a new vertical plate freezer with a mechanised unloading system which enables just one worker to unload the frozen blocks effortlessly and quickly.

19th March 2010

New vertical plate freezer with mechanised unloading

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The product group built up around Stette’s Monstergrinder GS150, has a new member – the GS150-TF2P.

19th March 2010

New mobile grinder unit from Peter Stette AS

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As trends in food packaging come and go, retailers are constantly trying to set themselves apart from competition by creating new packaging concepts.

19th March 2010

Design your own packaging with SEALPAC

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Optimar Iceland Ltd has designed and delivered its first air cooled slurry ice machine, the BPS-110, intended for an onshore processor in Japan.

19th March 2010

New land based air cooled slurry ice machine

19th March 2010