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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thailands Fisheries Department plans to start certifying seafood products from non-IUU fishing for exports to Europe by December, one month ahead of schedule, Somying Piumsombun, the director general of the department has…

1st November 2009

Thailand to certify non-IUU products by December

1st November 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Africa’s national fish inspectors and researchers have formed the first ever African Network for Fish Safety and Technology. It will ensure closer collaboration across the continent on issues from health controls to…

1st November 2009

Africas fish safety goes continental

1st November 2009

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A record number of visitors to the Cosalt stand at this years WFE helped to boost the number of orders and enquiries taken at the show.

1st November 2009

Cosalt order book boosted at WFE

1st November 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The World Fishing Exhibition (WFE) and Aqua Farming International (AQA) Exhibition were held from the 16-19 September 2009 in Vigo, Spain. At the final press conference, Mr Paz-Andrade, surrounded by the Executive…

1st November 2009

The most professional and international WFE

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

McMurdo, the UK’s exclusive distributor of weather stations from Davis Instruments, has introduced the new Vantage Vue weather station.

1st November 2009

McMurdo introduces new Vantage Vue weather station

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Aucxis launched A-Fish in October, a back office package for fish auctions that not only covers the complete administration of invoices and payments, but also facilitates all other administrative and logistic tasks…

1st November 2009

Aucxis launches A-Fish

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

BlueFinger, the marine subsidiary of Cybit, has launched Saffire-ERS, a commercially available electronic catch reporting system to assist authorities to record, report and process catch-related fishing data in accordance with international fishing…

1st November 2009

BlueFinger launches web-delivered electronic catch reporting system

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

SELEX Communications, a Wired Ocean reseller, has reported the successful installation of the maritime broadband solution aboard three Scottish trawlers.

1st November 2009

Trio of trawlers get the Wired Ocean treatment

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Inmarsat and its service partner Satlink have won the first ever European contract to migrate those working in the fishing industry from a paper logbook system to electronic recording and reporting as…

1st November 2009

Inmarsat and Satlink win first European fishing eLogbook contract

1st November 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Mustad’s Autoline technology made a revolution in longline fishing during the ‘70’s and ‘80’s and since then more than 700 vessels worldwide have organised their fishing operations around this system.

1st November 2009

Innovative new technology from Mustad Longline

1st November 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Longlinefishing.com is a programme of research and development that ensures continuous improvements in longline fishing technology.

1st November 2009

Results from longlining research project

1st November 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) will begin production of three new marine engines. The PowerTech™ 6068AFM75, 6090SFM75 and 6135SFM75 marine engines offer a power range of 139kW (186hp) up to 559kW (750hp).

1st November 2009

JDPS to begin production of new marine engines

1st November 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Shrimp fishing in Greenland and Canadian waters usually means working for four weeks at a time in the open sea and in all kinds of weather.

1st November 2009

CJC Offline Filters equals operational reliability

1st November 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Parlevliet & Van der Plas has signed a purchase agreement with Hamburg-based manufacturer SkySails for the world’s first towing-kite wind propulsion system to be installed on a fishing trawler.

1st November 2009

First fishing trawler to be fitted with SkySails

1st November 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Vigo Marine Solutions, S.L. is a recently formed company based in Vigo, Spain, and is dedicated to representing diverse brands related to the naval, nautical and aquaculture sectors. The company is the…

1st November 2009

Joint stand offering a variety of services

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Simrad found that visitors to this years WFE were very interested in the companys new products presented at the exhibition, as well as its well-proven existing products.

1st November 2009

Simrad presents new products

1st November 2009

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

At WFE, Regatta introduced its ultimate workwear for professional fishermen, whether engaged in costal or deep sea fishing or in fish farming.

1st November 2009

New Regatta Fisherman

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

At WFE 2009, Furuno España introduced a variety of new products to the fishing industry, including:

1st November 2009

New products from Furuno

1st November 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

World Plastics introduced two new products for swordfish and tuna longline fishermen at WFE.

1st November 2009

Two new products from World Plastics

1st November 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

French trawlerman, Alain Rico, attended the World Fishing Exhibition in Vigo and was enthusiastic about the advantages of his recently installed Wassp Multibeam Sonar.

1st November 2009

Changing fishing strategy with WASSP Sonar

1st November 2009