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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova, have announced how federal funding will be used to improve small craft harbours…

9th August 2009

Repair and improvement projects for small craft harbours in Nova Scotia

9th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In provincial court at St. John’s, Canada, in July, Everett Crann and Jeremy Brace of Chance Cove were both convicted of fishing for Atlantic salmon in coastal waters during a closed time.

9th August 2009

Salmon violations result in heavy fines and forfeiture of boat

9th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has launched The ocean of tomorrow call for research proposals.

9th August 2009

The ocean of tomorrow

9th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A week long process, of transporting the largest quantity of living smolts that has ever been transported from Iceland to Norway, came to an end recently for Islandsbleikja, Samherji´s subsidiary in fish…

9th August 2009

600,000 living salmon smolts transported from Iceland to Norway

9th August 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.

8th August 2009

Commission adopts plan to protect anchovy stock in Bay of Biscay

8th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commenting on the publication of a study that appears in this week’s Science which says that some global fisheries are showing signs of recovery and the subsequent call by WWF Scotland for…

8th August 2009

SFF welcomes report on fish stock recovery but warns future management must ensure that industry remains viable

8th August 2009

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

8th August 2009

Marport Signs MoU with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

8th August 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The owners and master of the Plymouth beam trawler Admiral Gordon were found not guilty on three charges of failing to keep an accurate log book by magistrates on 28 July.

8th August 2009

Admiral Gordon found not guilty

8th August 2009

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Positive results include steps to accelerate the alignment of the regulation of these fisheries throughout the world on those standards which constitute current best practice. However, the Commission said that it regrets…

1st August 2009

Tuna meeting failed to freeze fleet capacity

1st August 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Due to raw materials falling in price and increasing production and assembly efficiency, DSI says it can now offer plate freezers at 3-5% lower prices from now and until further notice is…

1st August 2009

Plate freezer prices down 3-5%

1st August 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Peter Stette AS has delivered a top of the line defrosting plant. As far as the company knows, Brødrene Sperre in Ellingsøy outside of Ålesund in Norway, now has the worlds largest…

1st August 2009

Worlds largest fish defrosting plant

1st August 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Due to the growth in imports of deep frozen fish and fish products mainly from Asian countries, thawing in the processing industry has become a bigger issue. Innotec Systems B.V. has developed…

1st August 2009

Revolutionary quick thaw system

1st August 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

ADVANCED FREEZERS from The Netherlands has designed a new spiral freezer concept with an integrated refrigeration system.

1st August 2009

ADVANCED’s OPTI FREEZE™ ‘ALL IN ONE’

1st August 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Kinarca is installing all refrigeration equipment, air conditioning and provision rooms in a new tuna vessel built at Astilleros de Murueta in Bilbao, Spain.

1st August 2009

Kinarca supplies refrigeration equipment to new tuna vessel

1st August 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Traditionally, the downtime needed to defrost freezers has been an obstacle preventing processors from getting maximum efficiency out of their production lines. But recent advances in freezing technology can keep production lines…

1st August 2009

Innovations in freezing mean reduced downtime and more

1st August 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new fact sheet from Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, describes some of the measures skippers can adopt to improve a vessel’s carbon footprint. This new fact sheet argues that skippers…

1st August 2009

Seafish: Skippers can reduce carbon emissions

1st August 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Alamarin Jet Oy has launched the new Jet Model 288.

1st August 2009

New Jet Model 288

1st August 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With a lost week costing anything upwards of £10,000, unplanned downtime is not only inconvenient it can also be costly, resulting in the loss of catches and subsequently, earnings. This is a…

1st August 2009

Protecting earnings through preventative maintenance

1st August 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

At Nor-Shipping 2009, held in Oslo, Norway, Cummins Inc. showcased its EPA Tier 2 certified and IMO Tier II compliant Quantum System 50l engine - the first time a QSK50 has been…

1st August 2009

Cummins new QSK50

1st August 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new and revolutionary designed 12-metre prawn creel catamaran, which fishes from Tayvalick in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland, has been built by Isle of Sky Boatbuilders.

1st August 2009

New Scottish catamaran opts for Perkins Sabre power

1st August 2009