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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF welcomes the conclusions reached by an independent expert panel that all activity should be suspended in the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery, and sanctuaries should be created in all main spawning areas…

10th September 2008

Close Med bluefin fishery now, says independent expert group

10th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime has signed an agreement to purchase the UK based sonar company GeoAcoustics Ltd of Great Yarmouth, for approximately NOK42m (approximately EUR5.3m).

10th September 2008

Kongsberg Maritime buys GeoAcoustics

10th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Irish Marine Institute (Foras na Mara) has welcomed the European Commission’s European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research: A coherent European Research Area framework in support of a sustainable use of…

10th September 2008

Marine Institute welcomes European strategy

10th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Owners and the master of the Belgian beam trawler Neptunus were ordered to pay a total of £43,374 in fines and costs by Lowestoft Magistrates, UK, on Monday 8 September after pleading…

10th September 2008

Belgian fishing with blinders to pay £43,000 and forfeit gear

10th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

It is time for regulators to adopt a minimum size requirement for Spiny Lobsters harvested from the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic, according to the US National Fisheries Institute…

10th September 2008

New push for lobster sustainability laws

10th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Since September 1 there is sustainable fish with MSC-certification on the menu of Dutch airline KLM. For KLM this is the next step in realising more sustainable flights.

5th September 2008

First MSC-certified airline in the world

5th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Setting out the Scottish Government’s plans for the year ahead, First Minister Alex Salmond included the Scottish Marine Bill – a bill for the ‘protection for the Marine Environment’.

5th September 2008

SFF welcomes Scottish Marine Bill with a note of caution

5th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MEPs have adopted a report on the conclusion of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement. This new Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) will exercise its responsibilities for the effective conservation and management…

5th September 2008

Management of non-tuna species in the Southern Indian Ocean

5th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Guardian newspaper has released a video of a UK fishing vessel discarding more than 80% of its catch.

5th September 2008

Oceana insists on the need to eliminate discards

5th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fisheries Research Services (FRS) has embarked on a major new research programme to enable a better understanding of the relationship between inshore and offshore crab stocks in waters to the north of…

5th September 2008

SISP brown crab tagging project gets underway

5th September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Greenpeace investigation has revealed that around 85t of whale meat, sent to Japan in late May 2008 from Northern Europe, and for which the Japanese government has not yet received an…

5th September 2008

85t of whale meat may soon be abandoned after unsuccessful import

5th September 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Maras will be exhibiting its new engine package for boat builders at Icefish 2008 – a package described by managing director, Gudmundur Bragason as all the best stuff together.

1st September 2008

Maras signing new contracts every month

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Isfell will be showing traditional equipment at Icefish 2008, explains managing director, Hólmsteinn Björnsson.

1st September 2008

Traditional equipment on display

1st September 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Operating for over 30 years from two depots, Marine & Industrial Transmissions Ltd (M.I.T.) has built up two large facilities stocking components for twin disc marine gears, Mekanord CPP systems, industrial products,…

1st September 2008

One stop propulsion centre

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Marport Canada Inc has announced its new trawl geometry system. TrueTrawl™ is a wireless monitoring system designed to improve trawl geometry in pelagic and bottom trawling operations.

1st September 2008

Marport announces trawl geometry system

1st September 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Port of Grundarfjordur is situated on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland.

1st September 2008

Targeting freezer trawlers

1st September 2008

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Friðrik A Jónsson ehf sells marine electronics the Icelandic fishing fleet and all the way down to Africa.

1st September 2008

Marine electronics on display

1st September 2008

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Borgarplast has sold its premises and will relocate to new premises in Mosfellsbaer, just outside of Reykjavik, Iceland in October.

1st September 2008

Borgarplast relocates

1st September 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Belzona Polymerics Limited has created a cost effective repair material for applications within oily and wet environments which will be launched at Icefish 2008.

1st September 2008

New underwater and oil tolerant repair product

1st September 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Baader will be promoting its whole fish processing line at Icefish, but, like at the previous show, the company will not have any equipment on its stand. Managing director, Einar Benjamínsson and…

1st September 2008

Special focus on skinning machine

1st September 2008