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FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Poor seas can unfortunately lead to lost days on the water for commercial and fishing crews.

1st September 2009

Spend more days working with new internal gyro

1st September 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Kiotech has reported a successful fishing trial using its Aquatice® pheromone bait attractant.

1st September 2009

Trial shows environmental benefits of Aquatice® bait attractants

1st September 2009

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

At Norshipping in June Mustad Longline and Havyard their cooperation in a project designed to revolutionise longline fishing on a global scale. The two companies will now work together on the development…

1st September 2009

Major longlining project

1st September 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Kongsberg Maritime has announced that its 100th deep-water multibeam echo sounder system has been ordered and will be delivered in November 2009 to the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO).

1st September 2009

Kongsberg Maritime receives 100th deep-water multibeam order

1st September 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Brian Styke, Master of the 334-foot Bering Sea factory trawler Arctic Storm, says that WESMARs powerful HD850 sonar has the ability to find the fish other sonars miss.”

1st September 2009

Finding the bigger fish

1st September 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

C A Clase showed the SeaCross CX100 navigation system at Seawork 2009 for the first time. Complete with unique radar functions, incredible system reaction time and an easy to use interface, the…

1st September 2009

C A Clase presents SeaCross CX100

1st September 2009

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The latest completion by Macduff Shipyards Limited is the Ellorah for the Shaulora Fishing Company Limited, which will be skippered by Graeme Buchan and Graeme Smart, owners of the company.

1st September 2009

Ellorah

1st September 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Live lobsters from Nova Scotia, Canada, are now being shipped to Europe by sea, a method of transport that considerably reduces the cost compared with airfreight, which had always been used. It…

1st September 2009

Sea takes over from air for shipping live lobsters to Europe

1st September 2009

NEWS

NEWS

Industry demands SPFRO - Day by day, Chile’s dwindling fishing grounds become more and more depleted due to the lack of control and regulation over fisheries in the South Pacific Ocean, reports…

1st September 2009

Chile

1st September 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Every so often it may be worth taking a deeper look at how your operation runs and how it is protected from risk. The old adage of ‘wash your hands’ is the…

1st September 2009

Time to clean out

1st September 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Worrying news - US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists have now confirmed that their satellite data indicates development in the central Pacific Ocean of a new El Niño of not…

1st September 2009

A new El Niño looming – but how strong?

1st September 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Last month, this column dealt with only a few of the subjects brought up by the EU’s 2009 Green Paper (GP). Here are some more:

1st September 2009

EU Green Paper part 2

1st September 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a long-term plan to manage the anchovy stock in the Bay of Biscay.

1st September 2009

Commission plans to protect Bay of Biscay anchovy

1st September 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aqua Nor 2009 came to a close last Friday afternoon, and exhibitors and visitors alike agreed that it had been a very successful exhibition, said the organisers.

26th August 2009

Aqua Nor 2009 came to a successful close

26th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke has approved a plan to prohibit the expansion of commercial fishing in federal Arctic waters until researchers gather sufficient information on fish and the Arctic marine…

26th August 2009

Secretary of Commerce approves fisheries plan for Arctic

26th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, has announced that the shellfish sector will benefit from the current review of the Animal By-Products (ABP) Regulation now that pressure from industry, facilitated by Seafish,…

26th August 2009

Seafish influences scope of Animal By-Products Regulation to benefit shellfish sector

26th August 2009

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish First Minister visited Fraserburghs largest employer, Macrae, this week to mark completion of the first phase of a £2 million investment programme to upgrade its fish processing factory.

26th August 2009

£2m investment for seafood firm

26th August 2009

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

October 20-21 2009, San Francisco, Holiday Inn Golden Gateway - Friend of the Sea says it is pleased to be participating in the forthcoming Sustainable Seafood Multi-Stakeholder Summit (Harmonizing Standards, Certifications and…

26th August 2009

Sustainable Seafood Multi-Stakeholder Summit

26th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF has warned that an oil spill off Australia’s North West coast may take a heavy toll on the region’s globally significant wildlife.

24th August 2009

Oil spill a potential disaster for marine life

24th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has announced approval of the Global Fish pole and line fishery targeting mainly albacore but also skipjack and yellowfin tuna in the South East Atlantic.

24th August 2009

Southern Africa pole and line tuna fishery goes Friend of the Sea

24th August 2009