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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

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

World Fishing has long suggested that fishermen and processors who could identify, in detail, from where their product had originated would do better in the market with retailers and consumers. In other…

9th December 2005

Making traceability pay

9th December 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

AEW Delford Systems says its LS40 Entry Level Label Applicator is now available with the option of an additional base labelling head.

9th December 2005

Delford upgrades its LS40

9th December 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Jesma from Denmark has recently developed Jesflow, a new weigher suitable for incorporation into a closed conveying system.

9th December 2005

New weigher from Denmark

9th December 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

TRIO - FTC Sweden says it is now distributing a Japanese, high-pressure cleaning system, the Auto Water Scaler System that it removes fish scales and slime very efficiently.

9th December 2005

Slime & bacteria under pressure

9th December 2005

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Marigold Industrial has launched the PX Insulator gloves, designed to provide high level insulation in sub zero conditions where maintaining hand warmth is critical.

9th December 2005

PX Insulator to keep hands warm

9th December 2005

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Macduff Shipyards Limited from Scotland have just completed a major refit and refurbishment on the Harvest Reaper II BF177, combined with re-engining and conversion to twin-rig fishing.

9th December 2005

Vessel refurbishment

9th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The EU and Norway have concluded a bi-lateral fisheries agreement for 2006. The two sides have also reached agreement on fishing levels in the Skagerrak next year. The long-term management plan for…

8th December 2005

Agreement between EU and Norway for 2006 quotas

8th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS 8th December 2005

EU/Gabon 2002 protocol

8th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The EU and Gabon have signed a new fisheries agreement that replaces the current one. The new Protocol that became effective last December, 3, provides fishing opportunity for Atlantic tuna to 40…

8th December 2005

EU renews and reshapes fisheries agreement with Gabon

8th December 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canadas Atlantic fish will be squeezed into ever smaller patches of cool water, endangered Atlantic salmon will be doomed, and key boreal forest species will be stranded as their natural habitats erode,…

5th December 2005

Canadian fisheries in danger over water warming

5th December 2005