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FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Two new designs of Polar pelagic doors are showing promising results, greater spreading force and, equally important, reduced resitance. The new design is similar to the Jupiter and Mars pelagic doors but…

29th May 2006

Booming Polar pelagic doors

29th May 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A stoppage in the winch unit onboard can be expensive if it happens while hauling. Now Rapp Hydema AS has launched a new Service Partnership which detects faults in winches while the…

29th May 2006

Saving costs by discovering faults before they happen

29th May 2006

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Overall seafood consumption in 2004 was up 1.8% over the previous year (and up 9% since 2001) and stood at 7.5kg per person. This figure is made up as follows:• Shrimp: 1.90kg•…

29th May 2006

US seafood industry shows growth

29th May 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport Wireless, a leading marine technology company, has announced a new global data network for the Automatic Identification System (AIS). - The new offering combines the power of the Internet with Marport’s…

29th May 2006

Marport launches global AIS data network

29th May 2006

NEWS

NEWS

The economic role of France’s fisheries - Following on from last month’s Part One analysis of France’s fishing fleets, we now look at the economic impact of the industry.

29th May 2006

France – Part 2

29th May 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While sustainability and sustainable development represent consensual values, their implementation is often subject to controversies. The U.N. system recognizes sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising…

29th May 2006

The meaning of sustainability – Part 2

29th May 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The future of stocks of high-value plaice and sole in the North Sea continues to be a data battle ground for both scientists and the fishing industry.

29th May 2006

Sole and plaice

29th May 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Norwegians have pulled off a major diplomatic breakthrough by setting up a joint three-year research programme, on benthos in the Barents Sea, with Russian scientists.

29th May 2006

Opening up Ivan’s locker

29th May 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Over the years fishermen have used many different techniques to find and harvest fish. However, acoustic technology is one of the most important forces driving the developments in the modern commercial fisheries.…

4th May 2006

Marports latest acoustic products set new standards for deep sea fisheries.

4th May 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

First for five yearsWhat is said to be the first new whitefish boat to be constructed for Shetland owners for five years has now been was delivered by the Whitby, Yorkshire yard…

28th April 2006

Orders for British boats

28th April 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

AMP Complect, Newage Transmissions marine equipment distributor in Moscow, has gained Russian River Authority approval for a fully marinised powerpack designed to meet the needs of commercial fishing and workboats operating on…

28th April 2006

Russian powerpack with Newage box

28th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A report (Oceanic Fisheries Programme Technical Report No. 37) just published and written by Adam D. Langley of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, summarises the status of the stock and fishery…

28th April 2006

Albacore fishing in the South Pacific

28th April 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Following a relatively slow 2005, Iceland’s Optim-Ice has an excellent order book that includes two brand new machines that have more capacity than any machine produced previously.

28th April 2006

Optimar Iceland holds orders for 21 units

28th April 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 (EEZ) by tracking fishing fleets at sea.

28th April 2006

Triteq tracking of fishing fleets

28th April 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Iridium Satellite has signed a manufacturer agreement with the British marine electronics firm, McMurdo Ltd. to incorporate Iridiums new, low-cost 9601 Short-Burst Data (SBD) Transceiver into a new man-overboard and automatic vessel…

28th April 2006

Iridum and McMurdo join forces for alerting system

28th April 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Koden Electronics’ 8-inch color LCD plotter sounder CVG-80 has been well received since its introduction in the summer of 2005.

28th April 2006

New systems from Koden

28th April 2006

NEWS

NEWS

French industry under threat - Dwindling marine catches, intense global competition and encroaching European Union restrictions has plunged the French fishing industry into disarray.

28th April 2006

France – Part 1

28th April 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Environmentalists and fishermen rarely agree on anything. It’s a pity because conventional logic would say that, fundamentally, environmentalists and fishing people should stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a common cause for maintaining resources –…

28th April 2006

The meaning of sustainability – Part 1

28th April 2006

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

With a plenary session divided into four themes, and one day devoted to three parallel symposia, the third Open Seafoodplus conference on 30 and 31 May in Tromsø, Norway, comes as a…

28th April 2006

Tromsø to host third Open SEAFOODplus Conference

28th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Waltham, Massachusetts-based Aqua Bounty Technologies, a biotechnology company focused on health and productivity applications in the fast-growing aquaculture sector, has received regulatory approval for Shrimp IMS, its lead product, in Ecuador.

28th April 2006

Shrimp IMS launched in Ecuador

28th April 2006