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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton has introduced a bill today to amend the Fisheries Act 1996 designed to safeguard the ongoing sustainability of New Zealand’s fisheries.

6th March 2007

Bill to safeguard sustainable fisheries

6th March 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Although the proportion of the world’s marine fish stocks rated by FAO as overexploited or depleted has remained stable over the past 15 years, the status of certain highly migratory and high-seas…

5th March 2007

Concern over situation of high-seas fish species

5th March 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will tell a seminar in Brussels tomorrow (6 March) that the Scottish catching sector is fully committed to sustainability and has made huge strides in meeting its environmental…

5th March 2007

Scottish catching sector committed to sustainable fishing

5th March 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The NAFC Marine Centre was pleased that staff members Leslie Tait and Chevonne Laurenson were part of a Scottish delegation that met with ASDA on Friday to discuss the recent ban that…

5th March 2007

ASDA may reverse monkfish ban

5th March 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

From March 5-9th, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy is holding the 27th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI).

2nd March 2007

Major fisheries meeting: time for action – WWF

2nd March 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

It might not match the thrills of alien body-invaders-from-outer-space horror movies, but the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is issuing an expanded database to warn of the unintended dangers that…

2nd March 2007

UN: Beware of alien fish

2nd March 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The traditional cockle fishery in the Burry Inlet estuary in Wales has achieved re-certification to the MSC’s environmental standard.

2nd March 2007

Burry Inlet cockle fishery re-certified to MSC standard

2nd March 2007

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The price of the trawler, including the fishing rights with delivery obligations to Finnmark, is NOK 44 million.Assuming that the structuring opportunities continue, the plan is to allocate the quota to one…

1st March 2007

Agreement to purchase trawler with quota

1st March 2007

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The vessel will sail under the French flag and Concarneau (CC899971) in France is the port of registry.The overall length of the vessel is 17m, the breadth moulded 6.5m and the depth…

1st March 2007

Delivery of “War Raog IV”

1st March 2007

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A new company, Chemring Marine Ltd, has been formed to handle two of the world’s leading pyrotechnic brands for the leisure and commercial marine sectors.

1st March 2007

Chemring Marine to handle marine pyrotechnics

1st March 2007

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Boeing Company recently announced it has concluded its purchase of C-Map, a leading provider of digital maritime cartography, data services and other navigational information.

1st March 2007

Boeing buys C-Map

1st March 2007

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Late last year, Digital Angel Corp’s UK subsidiary Signature Industries, entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets and customer contracts of McMurdo Ltd, the UK’s premier manufacturer of emergency location beacons,…

1st March 2007

McMurdo acquired by Digital Angel

1st March 2007

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Another gap in the effective search and rescue coverage along the coast of Africa and out into the Indian and Atlantic Oceans was filled in January with the inauguration of a new…

1st March 2007

Search and rescue boost for Atlantic and Indian Oceans

1st March 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The third annual WWF International Smart Gear Competition, launched in early February, is seeking new designs for fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch – the accidental catch and related deaths of marine…

1st March 2007

WWF’s International Smart Gear Competition

1st March 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

UK supermarket ASDA has teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and fishermen in Sri Lanka in a bid to save thousands of endangered marine turtles that are accidentally snagged by…

1st March 2007

ASDA casts out old fishing hooks

1st March 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The South West mackerel handline fishery in Cornwall has achieved re-certification to the MSC’s environmental standard as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. As a result, it can continue to label its catch…

1st March 2007

Cornish handline mackerel re-certified

1st March 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Marport, a leading subsea acoustics technology company, has announced availability of its second generation digital net sounder.

1st March 2007

Marport announces Trawl Explorer G2

1st March 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Although the main business of Vónin Ltd. is trawl, the company sees the importance in providing vessels with products that increase efficiency and safety onboard vessels.

1st March 2007

New line thrower L-75

1st March 2007

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The popular Simrad SP90 fish finding sonar has been upgraded. A new software package offering new functionality is available from Simrad dealers around the world.

1st March 2007

Simrad SP90 software upgrade

1st March 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Pair trawling is becoming more popular in Northern Europe, with over 25 vessels pair trawling in the Faeroes. Many of these have chosen Scantrol’s iSYM PairLink to control and monitor the trawl…

1st March 2007

Pair trawling in Scotland

1st March 2007