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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

World Fishing: What are your most important projects and issues in your new role?Eskil Erlandsson: When it comes to fisheries in the European context I would like to be more influential than…

18th December 2006

Becoming a player in European fisheries

18th December 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Highlighting some of the world's leading fishing people in stunning photography, this 388 page, A4 size hard back book is a unique and intimate view of the fisheries of the Faroes, Shetlands,…

18th December 2006

Book review: Images of Fishermen: the North Atlantic

18th December 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

She began by acknowledging the importance of the fishing industry in Norway. A total of 95% of Norwegian seafood products are exported to 150 countries worldwide and the 2005 value of Norwegian…

18th December 2006

International cooperation is key

18th December 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The growing capture of low value trash fish and the need for governments to work with coastal fishing communities to develop sustainable fisheries are among the major issues facing the fishing industry…

18th December 2006

Tackling Asia-Pacific’s most pressing issues

18th December 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A wise man once said: people without history are people without future. I’ll paraphrase: science that ignores former studies and historical data cannot produce reliable predictions. This is also true for all…

18th December 2006

Enlightenment from Russia

18th December 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Companies from 27 countries, including Germany, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, UK, Italy, Norway and Canada, have so far registered for SINAVAL-EUROFISHING. Almost all of the exhibition space has now been taken as…

18th December 2006

SINAVAL-EUROFISHING 2007 • 24-27 January • Bilbao Exhibition Centre

18th December 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In the October 2006 issue of World Fishing we reported that AB SEAC’s redesigned ARENCO SFD-300 could handle 35/40 fish/kilo. However, after further trials, the company is pleased to announce that fish…

18th December 2006

Even better results for ARENCO SFD-300

18th December 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Cooper Technology, LLC’s Total Bone Removal System was first launched in 2002 and has recently completed a year’s worth of R&D to accommodate trout and Alaska pink salmon.

18th December 2006

TBRS for trout & salmon

18th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR) has recently adopted measures to fight illegal fishing in the waters around Antarctica.

18th December 2006

Fighting illegal fishing around Antarctica

18th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 21 November the Council of Fisheries Ministers reached political agreement on three important Commission proposals.

18th December 2006

Commission proposals agreed

18th December 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Danish shrimp trawl specialist Cosmos Trawl A/S is increasing it’s efforts to ease the difficulties faced by the cold water shrimping market by introducing the Cosmos 3000 – a new ground fish…

18th December 2006

Introducing the ‘Cosmos 3000’

18th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A prominent Dutch fisheries scientist has accused environmentalists of waging a ‘holy war’ against the European fishing industry, reports Pieter Tesch.

18th December 2006

Are environmentalists becomming irrational?

18th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

John Browne T.D., Irish Minister for Communi-cations, Marine and Natural Resources has announced that he has secured funding to launch a major new collaborative research prog-ramme between the Irish fishing industry and…

18th December 2006

Irish research projects announced

18th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 20 October, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released a report on the status and perspectives of some of the most important Northeast Atlantic fish stocks.

18th December 2006

Latest ICES stock advice

18th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has proposed to reopen the Northeast Atlantic (NEAT) deep-sea gillnet fishery, which takes place in depths between 200 and 1200 metres in waters north and west of Great Britain…

14th December 2006

Oceana warns that deep-sea gillnet fishery of the northeast Atlantic needs consistent and effective management

14th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A proposed overhaul of the 138-year-old Fisheries Act was tabled in the Canadian House of Commons yesterday by the Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.

14th December 2006

Canada to modernise Fisheries Act

14th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The North West Waters Regional Advisory Council (NWWRAC) has released a progress update as it moves into its second year of operation.

14th December 2006

NWWRAC progress update

14th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) have joined forces today to urge the European Commission and Member States to close an area of Rockall Bank (368 km west of North Uist…

14th December 2006

Protecting cold water corals at Rockall

14th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists intrigued by life around hottest-ever seafloor vent; Manhattan-sized school of fish off New Jersey coast; More new than familiar species on Antarctic seafloor.

12th December 2006

Record breaking marine discoveries

12th December 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish Fisheries Minister Ross Finnie met with fishermen yesterday for the last time before heading to Brussels for talks with other European Ministers to agree fishing opportunities for next year.

12th December 2006

Scottish Minister meets with fishermen before December Council

12th December 2006