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ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The equipment, to be supplied by Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit, will include a complete networked system that ties together all of the ship’s navigation sensors and steering controls into an…

3rd October 2006

Integrated bridge system for new Scottish fisheries patrol vessel

3rd October 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

As computer software reaches into every area of fisheries, the design of seine nets is no exception. French netting specialist Le Drezen has pioneered the use of a unique modelling software program…

3rd October 2006

Simulation for tuna seining

3rd October 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Sapphire, the flagship brand of PE compact nettings from the Indian manufacturer Garware Wall Ropes Ltd, is becoming more and more popular amongst trawl owners around the world, with a particularly good…

3rd October 2006

Positive feedback for Sapphire

3rd October 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Marport, a marine technology company that designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of acoustic sensing, processing and communications products, announced in early August that it has been selected as the supplier of…

3rd October 2006

Trawl monitoring for “Bergur Huginn” and “Gjogur”

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The new ST501 from STEEN has been developed to make eel fillets from smoked eels automatically, replacing a very labour intensive process which, up until now, was done by hand.

3rd October 2006

New smoked eel filleting machine

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Swedish fish processing machine manufacturer AB SEAC has redesigned one of the most common fish processing machines on the market – the ARENCO SFD-300.

3rd October 2006

Redesigned filleting machine

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In the area of processing pelagic fish, Skaginn has developed fully automatic total solutions, as well as partial processing units, for weighing, packing and palletising pelagic products.

3rd October 2006

Pelagic processing solutions

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

At Scanpack, at the end of October, Ishida Europe will unveil a brand new traysealer capable of sealing speeds of 200 trays per minute, an innovative X-ray inspection system, a new multihead…

3rd October 2006

Ishida’s revolutionary traysealer

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

AEW Delford Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of weighing, grading and labelling equipment, demonstrated successful weighing and weigh labelling systems at PPMA 2006.

3rd October 2006

Proven weighing and labelling performance

3rd October 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Food quality is one of the most important aspects of modern living, and the basis for wellness around the world.

3rd October 2006

Introducing RFID technology to fisheries

3rd October 2006

NEWS

NEWS

Following the announcement of the fisheries deal agreed between Mauritania and the EU, Pieter Tesch discusses the details with Mauritanian fisheries minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Sidina.

2nd October 2006

Mauritania

2nd October 2006

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Northrop Grumman has been awarded type approval by the US Coast Guard for the Sperry Marine VoyageMaster II Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR), one of many such units now available on the…

2nd October 2006

Latest S-VDR from Sperry

2nd October 2006

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Emergency Location Beacon manufacturer and technology pioneer, McMurdo has gained type approval for the new SmartFind EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon).

2nd October 2006

SmartFind EPIRB gains type approval

2nd October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New data released by WWF, the global conservation organisation, reveal there is almost no more bluefin tuna to be fished in some of the oldest fishing grounds, especially in the western Mediterranean.

2nd October 2006

Bluefin tuna stocks running low

2nd October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The NAFC Marine Centre has issued a release countering comment in the press regarding the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation, which calls into question the accuracy of the shellfish stock survey.

2nd October 2006

Sound shellfish science

2nd October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marel hf. has announced the acquisition of all shares in the Danish food equipment manufacturer Scanvaegt International AS.

2nd October 2006

Marel and Scanvaegt join forces

2nd October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Supermarket chain Asda has become the latest business to back the UK Independence Party’s demand that Britain should pull out of the EU’s ‘disastrous’ Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

2nd October 2006

Asda: Britain should pull out of CFP

2nd October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A group of 50 countries who attended the 3rd meeting of the FAO Sub-Committee on Aquaculture (New Delhi, 4-8 September) on fish farming welcomed a series of non-binding international principles for responsible…

2nd October 2006

Responsible shrimp farming

2nd October 2006

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish recently announced the date of its highly successful gala awards dinner which will take place in March next year.

2nd October 2006

The Seafood Awards

2nd October 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Brödrene Hukkelberg AS has announced its appointment as sole importer and distributor of Recaro Maritime marine seats in Scandinavia, Finland and Iceland.

2nd October 2006

‘First class’ marine seating

2nd October 2006