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ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

In 2006, the world consumed 110.4 million tonnes of fish, with 51.7 million tonnes of that originating from aquaculture.Production by traditional capture fisheries has reached a plateau, so to meet the projected…

8th October 2008

Is the aquaculture boom starting to fade?

8th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Last week, the meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) took place at the headquarters of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

8th October 2008

Oceana pleads for scientific advice to be heard to avoid the collapse of bluefin tuna

8th October 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has announced a break-through certification of one of the main European supplier of Pandalus borealis (Northern Shrimp).

7th October 2008

Barents Sea Norwegian shrimp fleet gets Friend of the Sea recognition

7th October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

From the air, Extremadura looked arid and brown, yet miles of shimmering lakes and reservoirs reflected back blue. Tourists may be few in this little know part of southwestern Spain, but likely…

1st October 2008

Crayfish and mixed grill with carp bycatch

1st October 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Authority (NOAA) has recently revised its 2006 estimates of dolphin abundance in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP).

1st October 2008

Our gentle fishing partners

1st October 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Many of you probably went to the Nor-Fishing exhibition in Trondheim in August, where you would have seen the latest fish processing machines and equipment for use on board factory trawlers and…

1st October 2008

Computers count

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

An optimal trawling process is always dependent on the quality and the quantity of information provided to the decision maker.

1st October 2008

Decisions based on facts

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A new way of mounted gillnets has been invented by Icelandic company Neptunas.

1st October 2008

New way of mounting gillnets

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Rolls-Royce has set out to design the trawler of the future.

1st October 2008

Trawler of the future

1st October 2008

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