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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) officially inaugurated its first office in Africa in Cape Town, South Africa on 22 October at a reception at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town.

4th November 2008

Marine Stewardship Council inaugurates Southern Africa Office

4th November 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotlands only full member of the European Parliaments powerful Agriculture Committee, Mr Alyn Smith has pledged to defeat new European laws regarding the treatment of diseased fish caught at sea.

4th November 2008

Smith pledges to defeat Alice in Wonderland fisheries proposal

4th November 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As the coral trout project in Cairns reaches another milestone, researchers are getting closer to commercial captive breeding of two other iconic species - the tropical rock lobster and the giant Queensland…

4th November 2008

Coral trout breeding a success – next its rock lobsters and gropers

4th November 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

MaxSea X7 is designed to work with Furuno’s FAR2xx7 radar series, providing radar overlay on the navigation charts and direct control of the radar from the navigation software.

1st November 2008

MaxSea launches newest version MaxSea X7

1st November 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport has announced a patent-pending multi-function sounder - the CARUSO SF7.

1st November 2008

New multi-function sounder for commercial fisheries and ocean research

1st November 2008

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Samskip, with its worldwide network in seafood logistics and its partner Kloosterboer cold stores are a force in seafood logistics.

1st November 2008

A force in refrigerated seafood logistics

1st November 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

2008 represents a milestone for Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada as it marks 30 years since the company first introduced its Deepchill Variable State Ice technology to the fishing industry.

1st November 2008

30 Years of Deepchill Ice for quality onboard

1st November 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

In 2006, according to an order by Murmansk Trawl Fleet, Fishering Service constructed and commissioned the SuperSquall mid-water trawl for the blue whiting fishery.

1st November 2008

Triple the catch with SuperSquall

1st November 2008

NEWS

NEWS

Focusing on business advancement and sustainability - South African fishing companies and fishermen have been grappling with tougher fishing policies, long term commercial fishing rights and reduced quantum, uncertain catches and depleting…

1st November 2008

South Africa

1st November 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Furuno says that its stand was always packed with people during the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2008.

1st November 2008

Packed stand at Icefish

1st November 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The modern, high-performance X-Ray Inspection Systems developed by Ishida have rapidly built a reputation for reliably detecting bone fragments in poultry fillets.

1st November 2008

An X-ray system that goes right to the bone

1st November 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Peter O'Neill pulls in the lines from around Europe to gauge whether anything will really change in the ritual, autumn examination of the fish entrails to forecast future stocks and quotas.Michel Barnier,…

1st November 2008

Climbing the €500-million dead fish mountain

1st November 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The US government must be taking offshore fish farming seriously.

1st November 2008

American assessment of offshore fish farming

1st November 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Marel Food Systems introduced a variety of new equipment and software systems for onboard and onshore fish processing at this year‘s Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

1st November 2008

New processing equipment at Icefish

1st November 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Síminn formally opened its groundbreaking network of long-range 3G transmitters along Icelands coastline at its exhibition-area at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

1st November 2008

A revolution at sea

1st November 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Safeguards introduced in recent years to protect seabirds from longline fishing activities are successfully reducing the number of accidental bird kills, and experts are now calling for similar measures to be used…

1st November 2008

Line fishers catching fewer…birds

1st November 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The MAN Diesel type 27/38 engine installed in the Irish fishing vessel F/V Mark Amay, has successfully reached 45,000 hours of operation.

1st November 2008

Reliability is the word

1st November 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Belzona Polymerics Ltd has donated £25,000 of its revolutionary fuel efficiency improvement product, Belesta LC2 to support the Scottish Fishing Fleet in their current crisis of high fuel prices.

1st November 2008

£25,000 to help cut fuel costs in the Scottish fishing industry

1st November 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A group of shark experts today recommended a ban on catching eight species of Atlantic, open ocean (pelagic) sharks, and strictly limiting the catch of another two, to prevent possible population crashes.…

28th October 2008

Scientists urge international protections for Atlantic sharks

28th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Oriental Bluebird, re-supply and transport ship of Japans whaling fleet, has been de-flagged and fined, following a legal ruling by Panamanian authorities.

28th October 2008

Japanese whaling ship outlawed

28th October 2008