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ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

According to Japan Tuna Fisheries Cooperative Association (Japan Tuna), Japan's largest association of deep sea tuna fishermen, 233 of its pelagic longline tuna boat operators will each suspend fishing operations for two…

1st October 2008

Japans tuna fleet suspends fishing to conserve stocks

1st October 2008

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Marine Rescue Technologies ltd. says it is pleased to announce that the company has fulfilled two thirds of their contracts to supply the Sea Marshall® man overboard systems to the Spanish fishing…

1st October 2008

Spanish fishing fleet adopts Sea Marshall® MOB system

1st October 2008

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Portsmouth UK based manufacturer of emergency distress beacons, McMurdo has appointed Furuno Finland Oy as its new distributor in Finland.

1st October 2008

McMurdo appoints Finnish and Greek distributors

1st October 2008

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

OceanLED has been granted a US patent for its unique LED underwater lighting products.

1st October 2008

US patent awarded to OceanLED

1st October 2008

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The marine distress signals company is calling for standardised rules for replacing dated safety products to enhance marine safety.

1st October 2008

Chemring Marine calls for change in worldwide marine safety practices

1st October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The countries - the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mauritius and Madagascar - signed a Statement of Commitment to Stop Illegal Fishing at a July meeting…

1st October 2008

SADC countries to tighten up on illegal fishing

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The latest completion by Macduff Shipyards Limited is the steel hulled trawler Amethyst BF19, built for Ralston Johnston and partners, Gardenstown, Scotland.

1st October 2008

Amethyst completed

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

On Friday 22 August, Peter Forsythes wife Fiona named the Boys Pride N174 at a ceremony at Banff Marina, Scotland watched by family and friends before the vessel set sail home to…

1st October 2008

Boys Pride launched

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Icelandic ship owner Isfelag has ordered two purse seiners/pelagic trawlers of Rolls-Royce design type NVC 352.

1st October 2008

NVC352 sisters to Iceland

1st October 2008

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

The new NVC 349 purse seiner from Rolls-Royce has been designed to have the optimal hull.

1st October 2008

Optimal hull shape – the NVC 349

1st October 2008

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Voyager Fishing Company Ltd of Northern Ireland has signed a building contract with Danish shipyard Karstensen Skibsverft for construction of Voyager, a combined purse seiner/trawler.

1st October 2008

Vik-Sandvik designs new Voyager

1st October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After two years of preparation and negotiation, FAO Members have adopted international guidelines aimed at limiting the impact of fishing on fragile deep-sea fish species and habitats.

1st October 2008

Better management for fishings last frontier

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

IceBits from Iceland is currently developing a total fish plant for a company in the Sultanate of Oman.

1st October 2008

Integrated processing plant for pelagic harvests

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The RM 30 S separator is the latest LIMA model launched on the market for fish applications.

1st October 2008

LIMA RM 30 S fish separators

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

FutureFish is a new processing method for fresh, frozen (thawed) and salted fish, suitable for both soft and strong fish including whitefish (such as cod), resulting in higher quality, higher yield and…

1st October 2008

Presenting FutureFish

1st October 2008

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

“The straight stack 70l plastic Craebox has proved to be a great success for Boxpool Solutions in Scotland in developing their box rental business, says Chris Neill, Craemers sales director, plastic materials…

1st October 2008

Fish boxes a great success

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Consumer behavior has changed. People have less time and do not wish to shop every day - they shop once a week and the result is a growing demand for longer shelf…

1st October 2008

Packaging tailored to customers needs

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ishida Europe has extended its range of solutions for the weighing and packing of fresh, sticky products with the introduction of a new range of ‘Screw Feed’ multihead weighers, which allows the…

1st October 2008

Ishida launches automatic weighing solution

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ulf Groenqvist, president of fish processing machine manufacturer, AB SEAC, looks into the worldwide production of canned sardines and similar fish and calls for a new sorting/grading machine.

1st October 2008

Efficient worldwide sardine production

1st October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commercial salmon farming can be a net fish protein producer – this has been proved by recent research findings from CAC in Norway.

28th September 2008

Skretting fed salmon yield more fish protein than they consume

28th September 2008