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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

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission today (20 July) adopted a Regulation closing the anchovy fishery in the Bay of Biscay until the end of the year.

20th July 2006

Anchovy fisheries in the Bay of Biscay to be closed until the end of the year

20th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Mr Joe Borg, took part earlier today (20 July) in the opening session of a conference entitled “Towards a future Maritime Policy for the European…

20th July 2006

Joe Borg addresses Maritime conference in Turku, Finland

20th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has recently introduced laws to simplify food safety across the EU. These laws apply throughout the entire food chain including primary producers such as fishermen who will now be…

20th July 2006

Seafish launch guide to new EU food regulations

20th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish fishermen could be in line for another grim year with the first indications now emerging from the EC of recommendations for ‘draconian’ cuts in fishing opportunity and effort control for 2007.

19th July 2006

EC catch proposals for 2007 alarming for Scottish fleet

19th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The presence of Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) has been confirmed in a trout farm in Yorkshire and another in Hampshire.

19th July 2006

Outbreak of Bacterial Kidney Disease in UK fish

19th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK Marine and Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw has urged countries around the world to stop destructive fishing practices that damage seamounts and other deep sea environments.

19th July 2006

Bradshaw calls for world action to save deep sea ecosystems

19th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WESMAR, Western Marine Electronics, has recently released a technical report on the unique advantages of the level indicator feature on the WESMAR line of trawl sonars. The level indicator feature allows the…

30th June 2006

Technical report: Fishing with a level indicator

30th June 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

By investing in the newest batching technology Skandia has improved utilisation of raw material, namely fresh slaughtered trout, at a much higher speed. The results are more satisfied customers and increased efficiency.

29th June 2006

Skandia Trout Export reduces overweight to one gram

29th June 2006

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Sæplast attended Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels and the company was very pleased with the interest shown in the ‘Fish Tub of the Future’.

29th June 2006

Enormous interest in ‘Fish Tub of the Future’

29th June 2006

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The safety of small vessels at sea is a problem that rarely hits the headlines – rather, it is the dramatic casualties of larger ships that spark public interest and concern. However…

29th June 2006

Class society concerned at trawler stability

29th June 2006