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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton had a clear message for the fishing industry today, delivered in his speech at the New Zealand Seafood Industry Conference 2007. Anyone who thinks there are…

22nd May 2007

NZ: Straight talking to the fishing industry

22nd May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has published identification guides for fishermen to help them recognise the various species of skates and rays. Accompanying these is a website that features a database to collect landing data on…

22nd May 2007

Seafish creates skates and rays guides and supporting website for fishermen and processors

22nd May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sjólaskip hf. and Samherji hf. have come to an agreement regarding Samherji hf. purchasing the overseas operations of Sjólaskip hf. and its associated companies.

21st May 2007

Samherji hf. buys foreign fishery from Sjólaskip hf.

21st May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia’s valuable fish stocks and the industries that depend on them will benefit from $34.5 million in new research and development projects, the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz,…

18th May 2007

Australia: $34.5 million for fisheries research and development

18th May 2007

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish seafood industry has a fantastic future with huge potential for market growth, guests at the official opening of Macrae’s new £10m seafood processing facility at Livingston heard yesterday.

18th May 2007

Scotland has a fantastic seafood future

18th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Speaking yesterday on the appointment of Richard Lochhead as the new Minister of Rural Affairs and Fishing, SFF Chief Executive Bertie Armstrong said:

18th May 2007

SFF welcomes the new Fisheries Minister

18th May 2007

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Russell Gould has been appointed managing director of Kelvin Hughes Ltd, part of the Specialty Engineering Division of Smiths Group plc.

16th May 2007

New MD for Kelvin Hughes

16th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Belgian beam trawler which used ‘blinders’ - illegal linings in her trawl nets - to catch illegal undersized fish which were then kept, was forced to tie up four days while…

11th May 2007

Belgian beamer fined £20,000 for illegal fishing

11th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The American Red Cross and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have announced the launch of a new partnership to support the recovery of fishing communities in Indonesia’s…

11th May 2007

American Red Cross and FAO team up to restore fisheries and aquaculture in Indonesia

11th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has welcomed the new port state control scheme adopted in November last year by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC).

11th May 2007

EC welcomes port state control scheme

11th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One year on, the Howard Government’s $388.9 million ‘tough on illegal foreign fishermen’ 2006 budget package is turning the tide on fish poachers in Australia’s northern waters, according to the government.

10th May 2007

Australia: the illegal fishing package one year on

10th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Yesterday, at a ceremony in Chilliwack, 55 new recruits graduated from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) fishery officer training program.

10th May 2007

Canada announces 55 new fishery officers

10th May 2007

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Aker Seafoods has entered into an agreement with Domstein Enghav Sweden to take over the activities connected to the wholly-owned subsidiary Fiskmästar’n. As a result, Aker Seafoods will play a considerable larger…

9th May 2007

Aker Seafoods to purchase Fiskmästar’n in Sweden from Domstein Enghav

9th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Chairman of Ireland’s Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Rose McHugh, has announced the appointment of Jason Whooley as Chief Executive of BIM to take effect from 1 July 2007.

8th May 2007

BIM appoints new Chief Executive

8th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fisheries Ministers from 10 countries have endorsed a Regional Plan of Action to promote responsible fishing practices and combat illegal fishing in the South-East Asian region.

8th May 2007

Regional Action Plan to fight illegal fishing in the South-East Asian region

8th May 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to WWF, the EU has failed to grasp its final opportunity this year to save bluefin tuna from collapse in the Mediterranean.

8th May 2007

EU must close tuna fishery

8th May 2007

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Thrane & Thrane is launching the first three products of the SAILOR SP3500 series.

1st May 2007

New portable VHF radio series

1st May 2007

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The recently-launched Olfish-2007 electronic logbook system (see World Fishing February 2007) comprises two elements that manufacturer Olrac claims may well be the first of their kind – the Fishing Consultant and the…

1st May 2007

Predicting future catch rates with Olfish-2007

1st May 2007

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport has announced its next generation Catch Sensor. The sensor combines radical new design elements with innovative technology.

1st May 2007

Marport introduces next generation catch sensor

1st May 2007

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Condition monitoring of fuels and lubricants used in industrial and marine plant and equipment is one of the main weapons in the fight to reduce premature failure of engines, gearboxes and hydraulic…

1st May 2007

Onsite oil condition monitoring made simple!

1st May 2007