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INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), working with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), has published a code of practice to help prevent conflicts of…

29th August 2006

UK fishermen and the oil and gas industry

29th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Recently, Director General of Fisheries, Husni Mangga Barani officially announced the launch of the Transas Fishing & Navigation Simulator Centre in the central Javan city of Semarang.

29th August 2006

Simulator for Javan fishermen

29th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing regulations to implement speed restrictions of 10 knots or less on vessels of 19.8 metres (65 feet) or greater in length in certain…

29th August 2006

Speed restriction in US to protect Right whales

29th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

EU fishing interests have welcomed the news of a new fisheries agreement between the EU and Mauritania which was signed just a week before the expiry of the old agreement on 31…

29th August 2006

Mauritania and EU agree fisheries deal

29th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New measures to protect the marine environment were announced by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Minister, Ben Bradshaw, during a visit to the marine reserve of Lundy Island, off…

24th August 2006

New measures to protect marine environment

24th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Move further strengthens Telenors position as a leading communications provider for the oil & offshore market and maritime transport industry

23rd August 2006

Telenor Satellite Services acquires satellite communications business of Norse Technology AS

23rd August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Jo Fairley and Craig Sams, the creators of Green & Black’s organic chocolate, have ventured into a new area of ethical food - sustainable fish rolls.

23rd August 2006

Founders of Green & Black’s go MSC

23rd August 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Considered among the world's most technologically advanced fisheries research vessels, these sister ships will join the 'Oscar Dyson', first of the class, which was commissioned in May of 2005. According to Rear…

16th August 2006

Fishery research vessels for NOAA

16th August 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Like most good ideas, this one came out of a row. Italian Engineer Franco Piermartini had watched local citizens battling in public meetings with bureaucrats and service companies who wanted to set…

16th August 2006

Free fuel from your own backyard!

16th August 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Deutz marine engine programme currently comprises six series with power ratings between 14 and 440kW. All engines are available as classified units and can be supplied with different cooling systems depending…

16th August 2006

Engines for versatile applications

16th August 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

DSI and ERLINORD have, in cooperation, developed the ABU06 – a new automatic block unloading systems for DSI standard vertical plate freezers.

16th August 2006

DSI/ERLINORD automatic block unloader

16th August 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Recently Optimar Iceland introduced a new Optim-Ice liquid ice machine for smaller vessels that do not have the power to generate electricity for such a machine.

16th August 2006

New liquid ice machines by Optimar Iceland

16th August 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

For over 25 years since first introducing slurry ice technology to the seafood industry, Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has worked with fishermen and companies in the seafood processing industry to achieve…

16th August 2006

Prince Edward Aqua Farms Deepchills™

16th August 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

But, small ports just don’t have big city services. However, careful, common sense planning could mean smaller is better – local action by local people for speedy local reaction.Call the dentist!WHO’s 25…

16th August 2006

Ready for a flu disaster?

16th August 2006

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Growing consumer awareness, the association believes, will reduce the market for illegally caught tuna which is supplied mostly by foreign vessels. Discouraging consumption of illegally landed tuna, in turn, will raise demand…

16th August 2006

Reversing long term decline

16th August 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

FOG for clarity?When Fibre-Optic Gyros (FOGs) were introduced in the mid 1990s, it was hoped that this technology, with no moving parts, would result in high accuracy, low prices and zero maintenance…

16th August 2006

Compass futures – are there choices?

16th August 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The state of fisheries, whether worldwide or in individual areas, has become a fashionable subject of both learned articles in scientific journals and separate publications.

15th August 2006

Fishing for answers: the missing questions

15th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fresh levels for lead and cadmium in fish and some other marine animals have been agreed by the global expert body, the Codex Alimentarius, which sets guidelines for food safety.

15th August 2006

Lead and cadmium limits

15th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bluefin tuna stocks in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean are being stripped bare by illegal and unscrupulous fishing, and there should be an immediate closure of the fishery, says WWF.

15th August 2006

Bluefin tuna fishery ravaged by illegal fishing

15th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, and Kiribati have initialled a 6-year fisheries partnership agreement (FPA). The new agreement, which provides fishing possibilities exclusively on tuna, will come into…

20th July 2006

EU and Kiribati initial new fisheries partnership agreement

20th July 2006