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INDUSTRY NEWS 23rd January 2006

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23rd January 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Sweden’s Hägglunds Drives AB sees a future where shaft drives are eliminated between engine and propeller on small to medium size vessels and replaced with hydraulic systems.

16th January 2006

Forget the shaft oil can for ever?

16th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission (EC) has launched a proposal for a long-term management plan for plaice and sole fisheries in the North Sea. The plan is aimed to gradually reduce fishing mortality, which…

12th January 2006

EC proposes recovery plan for plaice and sole in the North Sea

12th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ending illegal fishing is top of the priorities for the Australian Government. After targeting illegal fishing for Patagonian Toothfish in Australia’s EEZ in the Southern Ocean, the Government is now committed to…

11th January 2006

Australia tackles illegal fishing in the North

11th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first tuna fishery has applied to be assessed under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) program for sustainable and well-managed fisheries, says a statement from the MSC.

10th January 2006

First Tuna Fishery seeks MSC certification

10th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Last December the European Council concluded the fishing possibilities for 2006 for the different species in EU waters.

6th January 2006

EU quotas decided for 2006

6th January 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Simrad has announced the appointment of Echomaster Marineas the UK sales & service company for its range of advanced hydroacoustic systems.

5th January 2006

Simrad appoints Echomaster Marine as UK sales & service company

5th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission and Cape Verde concluded last December a new 5-year fisheries partnership that will provide fishing opportunities exclusively for tuna to 84 EU vessels.

4th January 2006

EU and Cape Verde sign new fisheries agreement

4th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Yemen’s fishing industry is going to receive a US$25 million credit from the World Bank to improve fisheries resources management and conservation.

20th December 2005

Yemen to get US$25 million

20th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Outline of the $220m fisheries package and the impacts on individual fisheries

16th December 2005

Securing our Fishing Future

16th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As a response to significants reductions in TACs and efforts for 2006 in Australian fisheries, the Government has announced a major package of one-off structural adjustment and improved management measures.

16th December 2005

Australian Government to invest $220m in fishing industry

16th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new $2.5 million agreement will see the establishment of a dedicated organisation responsible for coordinating all research and development for the Southern Rocklobster.

13th December 2005

Australian Southern Rocklobster industry will manage itself

13th December 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Skaginn says it has delivered a new pelagic processing system to Skinney Thinganes hf, located on the east cost of Iceland. The company is a large processor of pelagic products and recently…

9th December 2005

All-in-one pelagic processing for Skinney from Skaginn

9th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two Spanish trawlers and their crew are being held in Norway after allegedly being illegally fishing in waters of the archipelago of Svalbard in the Artic last weekend.

9th December 2005

Spanish trawlers held in Norway

9th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The masters and owners of nine Whitby (UK) trawlers have been convicted for illegally landing blackfish worth £149,589 and fined a total of £122,800 plus costs of £40,000.

9th December 2005

UK fishermen convicted of illegal landings racket

9th December 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The coast of Bohuslän County stretches from the Norwegian border to Sweden's second largest city, Göteborg (Gothenburg). Both the region and the city have been built on the herring with proud traditions…

9th December 2005

Swedish fish turn Norwegian

9th December 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Malaysian company Jaya Nets says that its trademark brand Eagle is doing very well in the international market, which now reaches 30 per cent of its production.

9th December 2005

Jaya Nets expands its markets

9th December 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Frances MaxSea has now launched its 12.5 version to update 10.3 and says it offers skippers more effective use of features such as 3D, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) Automatic Identification Systems…

9th December 2005

Put on your 3D glasses!

9th December 2005

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Icelands Naust Marine reports its first Alaskan sale of electrical winches on the Bristol Explorer for B&N fisheries in Seattle. The trawler fishes pollock in the Bering Sea.

9th December 2005

Icelandic electric current in Alaska

9th December 2005

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Rapp Hydema from Norway says that its goal is to introduce a new software version for their auto trawl system, PTS Pentagon, once a year at minimum.

9th December 2005

New software from Rapp Hydema

9th December 2005