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ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

There are two major issues regarding Svalbard and fishing. One is the problems with illegal fishing around the archipelago. The other is Norwegian jurisdiction in the same area. When the Norwegian Coast…

10th April 2006

Beyond the limit in the Arctic

10th April 2006

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

First five-year treatyThe first five year treaty with the EU was concluded in 1996 when the then government of ousted president Maaouiya Ould Taya sought to replace the diminishing and ageing visiting…

10th April 2006

Mauritania and the EU fail to agree

10th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Radio Holland Group B.V. has announced that Imtech N.V. intends to acquire its shares subject to the approval of the NMA (Dutch competition Authority) and the German Bundeskartellamt (German Federal Cartel office).…

10th April 2006

Intended acquisition of Radio Holland Group by Imtech

10th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland’s Marorka has received certification of its quality management system from classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Last year, the company implemented a quality management system built on the ISO 9001:2000 standard…

10th April 2006

Marorka’s management system approved

10th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Senator Eric Abetz, Australia’s Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, announced, early in March, his country’s involvement in nine multilateral initiatives to accelerate the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)…

10th April 2006

Australia and New Zealand support IUU

10th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norway’s Pan Fish ASA has acquired all the outstanding shares in Marine Harvest for E1,325 million (enterprise value). The combination of Pan Fish-Marine Harvest will become the worlds undisputed leader in the…

10th April 2006

Worlds largest fish farming company formed

10th April 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Exports of US seafood continue to grow dramatically in value and volume, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

27th February 2006

Bumper US highlights Europe’s woes

27th February 2006

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

We have asked you before whether you are “tricantering or not my man” [WF March 2004] and Flottweg of Germany says it has now given a new twist to its helical products…

27th February 2006

FLOTTWEG offers a whale of a time

27th February 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Danish trawl specialist and Hampidjan Group partner, Cosmos Trawl A/S, has supplied the trawl gear for Portugal’s new 73.8-metre freezer/stern trawler the França Morte.

27th February 2006

Cosmos trawl gear on França Morte

27th February 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Egersund Trawl from Norway, continues the development of equipment to make pelagic fishing more efficient.

27th February 2006

Making pelagic fishing more efficient

27th February 2006

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

McMurdo, in collaboration with the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have launched their new Man Overboard (MOB) Guardian, a safety device which signals to the RNLI the position of a vessel…

27th February 2006

Calling in the MOB

27th February 2006

NEWS

NEWS

Value at home forces fishermen to distant climes. David Hayes reports.

27th February 2006

Thailand

27th February 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Pirate fishing is now big business, involving the collusion of countries offering flags of convenience and catches which drive down income for legal fishermen.

27th February 2006

The Lawless Oceans

27th February 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Unilever’s plans to sell off most of its European frozen food business is the latest writing on the global wall for embattled European fishermen and processors short of raw material.

27th February 2006

Unilever chill for workers in €2bn selloff

27th February 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Danish Directorate of Fisheries used a DNA test of cod in a trial in January about illegal fishing and this helped the successful prosecution of the offender. The accused’s logbook stated…

27th February 2006

Danish Inspectors use fish DNA to prosecute

27th February 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishermen charged with some fisheries offences could face fixed penalty fines rather than a court appearance, a consultation from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) suggested last month.

27th February 2006

Fixed penalties for fisheries offences

27th February 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The detention of the Canadian anti-whaling vessel Farley Mowat in Cape Town harbour was being dealt with through “diplomatic channels”, according to spokesmen for the South African Department of Foreign Affairs and…

27th February 2006

Anti-whaling vessels arrested in CT

27th February 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The EU Court of Justice has ruled against Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Finland and Sweden for “overshooting their quotas”, making illegal overfishing still the main cause of law infringement committed by…

25th February 2006

Ireland and Spain top illegal catch league

25th February 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Reykjavik, Iceland February 1, 2006 Marport, a leading deep sea technology company that designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of sensing, processing and communications products today announced that it is enhancing its…

24th February 2006

Marport Developing New Broadband Acoustics Technology for Sonars and Echo Sounders

24th February 2006

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

PT MultiIntegra, a Transas Group distributor, has been chosen to supply the company’s Fishing & Navigational Simulator for Pariaman Fishing School & Medan Training Center in Sumatra.

30th January 2006

Transas to Supply for Indonesian Fishing School and Training Center

30th January 2006