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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, has announced that Orange Roughy will be added to the threatened species list under Australian environment law.

10th November 2006

Orange Roughy now a threatened species

10th November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recent release from Oceana states that evidence has been presented in an international meeting of mediterranean countries to show that Italy and France are using illegal driftnets.

10th November 2006

Oceana reports illegal driftnetters

10th November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to WWF, major fish buyers in Japan and Europe are threatening to boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna unless drastic measures are taken to protect the threatened stock.

10th November 2006

Buyers threaten to boycott tuna

10th November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister, Vladimir A. Izmailov, visited the Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre when he was in Tromsø for Norwegian-Russian fishery negotiations recently.

9th November 2006

Russia impressed by Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre

9th November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Shark Alliance has applauded the decision made last week by Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to halt targeted fishing of vulnerable sharks in…

7th November 2006

Targeted fishing of sharks in Southern Ocean halted

7th November 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Marine diesel engines of all types are coming under increasing scrutiny as major polluters of the world’s environment and, as a result, considerable effort is being devoted to the reduction of their…

6th November 2006

Emissions – the challenge today

6th November 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ice machine manufacturer Optimar Iceland claims that when it comes to fish freezing, liquid ice has more advantages than flake ice.

6th November 2006

Liquid or flake?

6th November 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Topographical names in Iceland and elsewhere in temperate climates imply that, long before the advent of mechanised refrigeration, ice was collected in the mountains during the winter and stored in the lowlands…

6th November 2006

‘Containerised’ block ice plants

6th November 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada, in collaboration with Slurry-21 Co. Ltd., part of the Hitachi Zosen Group of Japan, has delivered the world’s first onboard low-salinity slurry system, producing slurry with approximately…

3rd November 2006

New low-salinity slurry system

3rd November 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Despite being introduced to reduce the amount of by-catch caused by trawling, longlining still attracts a variety of animals that are not their targets – albatrosses and other seabirds among them.

3rd November 2006

Simple steps to responsible longlining

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) will expand satellite monitoring to all Commonwealth licensed fishing vessels as part of new measures to ensure the sustainability of Commonwealth fisheries.

3rd November 2006

Vessels to be monitored by satellite

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

MDS-OrbBuoyTM is the new buoy recently launched by SeaStar.

3rd November 2006

Track your fishing assets

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Triteq Ltd has designed a secure vessel monitoring system, which assists global asset management and monitoring of exclusive economic zones by tracking fishing fleets at sea.

3rd November 2006

Vessel monitoring system for improved security

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

When Terralogic Ltd, a provider of rugged computer solutions, wanted to source a linear encoder that could work in harsh outdoor conditions, the Cardiff-based company turned to the SHG-TT from Newall Measurement…

3rd November 2006

Linear encoder scales fish measuring challenge

3rd November 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The CatchMeter, developed by Scantrol, the University of Aberdeen, IMR and MATCON, is a computer vision system that can automatically recognise the species of a fish and register its length along with…

3rd November 2006

Automated fish measurement

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

During a visit to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources’ decentralised offices in Clonakilty on 2 November, Irish Minister of State, John Brown T.D., announced that the new independent statutory…

3rd November 2006

Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Authority to be established in January

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 1 November diplomats from around the world, led by Britains ambassador, delivered a strongly-worded protest (demarche) condemning Iceland over its decision to resume commercial whaling.

3rd November 2006

UK leads whaling protest in Iceland

3rd November 2006

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A two day conference designed to update delegates on the latest developments in fish and seafood products has recently been announced by organisers CCFRA, Seafish, Norconserv and the Norwegian Seafood Association.

3rd November 2006

Fish and seafood devlopment conference announced

3rd November 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At the end of October, the Administrative Board of the Community Fisheries Control Agency, adopted the first work programme for the newly created Agency.

1st November 2006

EU Fisheries Control Agency adopts first work programme for 2007

1st November 2006

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

World Fishing: How do you describe the situation of the Spanish fishing sector?Elena Espinosa: First of all, I would like to highlight that Spain is still a big fishing country. It still…

27th October 2006

Spanish sector at the forefront of responsible fishing

27th October 2006