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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission is pleased with the consensus reached last week by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, to strengthen decisively the 15-year recovery…

2nd December 2008

Commission satisfied with ICCAT decisions to save bluefin tuna

2nd December 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

More tuna products certified Friend of the Sea will be out on the shelves soon in Switzerland and other international markets as the Philippines handline tuna fishery has been audited and found…

2nd December 2008

Philippines handline yellowfin tuna fishery Friend of the Sea sustainable

2nd December 2008

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Andrew Jackson solicitors are warning that owners of fishing vessels should carefully check their insurance policies, particularly where the skipper and crew do not stay aboard, following a High Court case in…

1st December 2008

Absent crew clause means insurers avoid liability

1st December 2008

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Raymon van Anrooy and Susana Siar from FAO look into fishing vessel insurance.

1st December 2008

Only one in eight fishing vessels covered by marine hull insurance

1st December 2008

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

When Sutton Harbour Fisheries needed an alternative method of handling fish boxes from boats to the quayside while its normal facilities were out of action due to scheduled harbour maintenance in 2007,…

1st December 2008

Crane provides key to quayside fish handling

1st December 2008

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Nova Scotias seafood industry will be receiving a major financial boost, the province has announced.

1st December 2008

Renewal program for Nova Scotias seafood industry

1st December 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Dyrkorn has acquired the exclusive right to market the new D1 Sprinkler disinfection method in Norway and to existing customers worldwide.

1st December 2008

Revolutionary fog disinfection

1st December 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The huge quota reduction for the blue whiting fisheries to 590,000t in 2009 will have a serious impact on the pelagic freezer-trawler fleet in the EU, reports Pieter Tesch.

1st December 2008

Quota reduction will seriously impact pelagic freezer-trawler fleet

1st December 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In order to help fish processors meet the ever increasing shortage of labour, Marel Food Systems has developed a unique infeed technology for fish products, which virtually does away with feed line…

1st December 2008

The no-hands approach to fish infeed

1st December 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Baader is pleased to announce its sizing, batching and weighing programme to the world fishing industry.

1st December 2008

Baader introduces new programme

1st December 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Retailers like all of their products to be of the same quality, weight and form.

1st December 2008

Fish products get makeover with CFS MultiFormer

1st December 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

FisHmark is a new software for fisheries companies, created by Matis ohf. and a group of software and fisheries companies.

1st December 2008

New software for increased profitability

1st December 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Skinning machine manufacturer, Cretel, says that new media is more important then ever and the company is taking full advantage of this fact.

1st December 2008

Skinning movies on You Tube!

1st December 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Established in 1892, Joseph Robertson of Aberdeen is Scotland’s oldest seafood processing company.

1st December 2008

Joseph Robertson chooses AEW Delford

1st December 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Scanmar has always focused on developing equipment that will help fishermen increase efficiency, save costs, prevent damage to the gear and reduce wear and tear.

1st December 2008

Focus on trawl geometry and save on the fuel bill

1st December 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Over the last 18 months Hampidjan has been carrying out a great deal of development work on the company’s Poly Ice trawl doors.

1st December 2008

Xstream technology – reduced turbulence

1st December 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Simrad has added a twelfth member to its sophisticated family of rugged sensors for the PI32, PI44 and PI54 catch monitoring systems.

1st December 2008

Simrad introduces new Geometry sensors

1st December 2008

NEWS

NEWS

Emergency aid for Japanese fishermen - The Japanese government Fisheries Agency announced on 28 July a package of emergency measures totalling Yen 74.5 billion (US$752 million) to alleviate the impact of soaring…

1st December 2008

Japan

1st December 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

More than 100 delegates from Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Australasia, met to discuss how to keep their industry growing, in the face of the technological challenges of working offshore,…

1st December 2008

Offshore fish farming needs a ‘social’ licence’ to keep growing

1st December 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The present worldwide financial crisis needs a coordinated response on a range of fronts in order to limit its impact on economic growth, jobs and small businesses - says the October resolution…

1st December 2008

Financial collapse and fisheries

1st December 2008