News

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

S-66 Heidi was recently delivered to Ditlefsen Fiskeriselskap AS from Brønnøysund in Norway by Seigla Ehf.

1st December 2009

Seigla delivers Heidi to Norway

1st December 2009

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Karstensens Skibsvaerft A/S is currently building a new purse seiner/trawler for P/F Vinnan of the Faroe Islands.

1st December 2009

Tròndur i Gøtu for Faroe Islands

1st December 2009

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

This year, Norwegian deck machinery producer Karmøy Winch delivered the complete deck machinery package to the new Shetland pelagic trawler Serene.

1st December 2009

Karmøy Winch delivers deck machinery package

1st December 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Ever since Vónin introduced the Vónin 2007 shrimp trawl it has been a huge success.

1st December 2009

User feedback for Vónin 2007

1st December 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

At the DanFish exhibition in Aalborg in October, the new flexible grid from Carlsen Net gained great interest from fishermen all over the world.

1st December 2009

Interest in new grid

1st December 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A group of French fishermen from the west coast port of Les Sables d’Olonne have spent a week familiarising themselves with Icelandic methods of seine netting.

1st December 2009

French fishermen seek seine net skills in Iceland

1st December 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

LIMA S.A.S has introduced its largest capacity fish meat bone separator, allowing the processing of large fish co-products - such as raw tuna fish heads - while keeping an optimum yield in…

1st December 2009

LIMAs new meat bone separator

1st December 2009

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

To fill crates and/or carton boxes with frozen seafood, Innotec Systems has developed crate filling stations. These stations consist of a feeding shaker, weigher and transport unit.

1st December 2009

Crate filling stations from Innotec

1st December 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PERUZAs nobbing line for small fish has gone through industrial testing in the Baltic and Adriatic Seas.

1st December 2009

PERUZA’s small fish nobbing line enters industry

1st December 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Marel has recently launched a new range of AEW Delford Weigh Price Labellers - the WPL 9000 Series - that the company says incorporates a huge number of features for easier operation.

1st December 2009

New series of weigh price labellers

1st December 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The sale of the assets of UK emergency distress beacon manufacturer McMurdo was finalised on 20 November when the transfer from Digital Angel Corporation to Orolia was completed.

26th November 2009

McMurdo sale completes to Orolia group

26th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has just signed two administrative cooperation agreements with Canada and Iceland which mark a new step in the parties efforts to prevent, deter and eliminate Illegal, unreported and unregulated…

26th November 2009

Commission agrees with Canada and Iceland to fight illegal fishing

26th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has adopted its annual on next year’s guide prices for fresh and frozen fisheries products as well as the EU producer price for tuna for processing.

26th November 2009

Price decrease for most fishery products

26th November 2009

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has released the results of its Sustainable Seafood Supermarket Survey, scoring eight major UK supermarkets for their performance in selling sustainably sourced seafood.

26th November 2009

Co-op leads MCS Sustainable Seafood Supermarket Survey

26th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The breakthrough in farming of Southern Bluefin Tuna in the tanks of Clean Seas Ltd. in Australia has been awarded the worlds 2nd best invention in 2009 by TIME Magazine.

24th November 2009

TIME awards tuna tank farming the worlds 2nd best invention

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK Marine and Fisheries Agency is to hold a random draw to allocate an extra 18 tonnes of east Channel, V11d, cod quota to the south coast 10 metre and under…

24th November 2009

UK cod quota draw

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two UK owner skippers, who were filmed by a police helicopter as they illegally pair-trawled inside the three-mile limit, were ordered to pay £17,000 each in fines at costs by Chichester Magistrates…

24th November 2009

Trawler owners to pay £34,000 after SFC called in police helicopter

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marport Canada Inc. has announced that the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters in partnership with National Research Council Canada has named Marport as Winner of the 2009 Award for Innovative Excellence in New…

24th November 2009

Marport wins 2009 technology innovation award

24th November 2009

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

“From Hook to Plate”, an expert, up-to-date report on the state of marine fisheries from a Commonwealth perspective, is now available to download online.

24th November 2009

Commonwealth fisheries programme offers from hook to plate report free

24th November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marel has appointed a team of Managing Directors who will head the four new Industry Centers that make up the spine of the company’s operations.

24th November 2009

Marel appoints Managing Directors of Industry Centers

24th November 2009