News

NEWS

NEWS

Taiwan fisheries sector targets higher value production.

1st December 2009

Taiwan

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Peter O’Neill finds the inspectors may be more friend than foe for fishermen and processors. The thought of an unannounced visit by a fish inspector probably sends shivers through a skipper who…

1st December 2009

An inspector calls

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

To err is human; to really foul things up needs a computer…

1st December 2009

Computers in fisheries research: friend or foe?

1st December 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

STM Products SRL is an industrial electronics company based in Verona, and the producer of the Dolphin Dissuasive Device - DDD®.

1st December 2009

Dolphin dissuasive device

1st December 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

What will life be like in 10 years time? A new book examines the answer. It’s not a Tomorrow’s World review of future fishing equipment, but rather a reflection on the future…

1st December 2009

Ten Years On: Britain Without the European Union

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Dear Sir, I am writing in response to the article on page 12 of the September issue (to read the article click here) concerning the jack mackerel fishery in the South East…

1st December 2009

Letter to the Editor

1st December 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The consultation saw an increasing number of calls for the UK Government to take back control of national quotas and to distribute these to the industry on a geographical or regional basis.…

1st December 2009

CFP consultation reignites the debate on quota ownership

1st December 2009

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