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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norway, the EU and the Faroe Islands have concluded a three-party Coastal States Agreement on mackerel for 2006.

3rd November 2005

EU, Faroe Islands and Norway on mackerel agreement

3rd November 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Measures to stop illegal fishing of cod in the Barents Sea were the main topic at the 34th session of the Joint Norwegian–Russian Fisheries Commission. “I am very pleased that the Fisheries…

3rd November 2005

Agreement on Norwegian–Russian quotas for 2006

3rd November 2005

NEWS

NEWS

Bangladesh aims for €1.25 billion frozen exports by 2006

1st November 2005

Bangladesh

1st November 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS 27th October 2005

Recovery plan for hake and Norwegian lobster

27th October 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An international group of non governmental organisations (NGOs) is rolling out a major lobbying operation at the UN and worldwide for a ban on bottom-trawling. The General Assembly is debating the future…

27th October 2005

Bottom-trawling row goes global at UN

27th October 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pair trawls catching bass will continue to remain outside the 12 miles of the Southwest coast of the UK after a Greenpeace judicial review of the regulation was dismissed by the courts.

27th October 2005

Bass-dolphin bycatch: Greenpeace fails in court

27th October 2005

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Australian government is putting $480,000 (Euro300,000) into a new project which aims to boost the long-term profitability, sustainability and competitiveness of Australias multi-million dollar seafood industry.

27th October 2005

Oz puts half million into seafood future

27th October 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Poorer deep-sea stocks, reports David Hayes, have meant marine and freshwater aquaculture has grown, creating a new market for fishery equipment. There are more than 50 companies in this business today and…

27th October 2005

Taiwan – from fishing boats to yachts

27th October 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

What made it different was the nature of the different participants who included experts from the Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organization (ANIFPO), the N. Irish Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD),…

27th October 2005

Fishermen and processors join scientists in management review

27th October 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Those opposing subsidies argue that they distort trade by creating fishery overproduction which is then exported, so affecting fish prices and the fishing industry in other countries.Korean interestThe retention of fishing subsidies…

27th October 2005

$25 billion a year? Who gets it?

27th October 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

C-MAP says its new MAX PC Planner version, will provide all the same features as its PC PlannerNT plus substantial improvements to the detail, information and colour representations of the cartography.

27th October 2005

C-MAP launches Max pc planner

27th October 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

SmarterTrack has launched a new system combining a dual channel VHF Automatic Identification Service (AIS) decoder in a box about the size of a pack of cigarettes. It say its sophisticated PC…

27th October 2005

Digital Yachts smartertrack AIS solution

27th October 2005

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Simrad has launched the new SA50, what it claims to be the smallest SART (Search and Rescue Transponder) in the market. The Simrad SA50 can be used as a carry device or…

27th October 2005

Simrad latests safety device

27th October 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Simrad and IFREMER (French Marine Institute) have developed a new multibeam echo sounder for fishery research purposes. The ME70 is a giant step forward in fish stock assessment technology and is set…

27th October 2005

Simrad develops new multibeam eco sounder for fishery research

27th October 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Optimar Iceland introduced a new Optim-Ice liquid ice machine at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 7-10. September, the BPH-105. It is hydraulic driven to meet the needs of all those without enough electrical…

27th October 2005

Optimar builds hydraulic ice machine

27th October 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norways Teknotherm says it has a full line of Refrigerated Sea Water (RSW) and freezing plants starting at under 100kW per unit and ranging to pretty well unlimited capacity. That includes multiple…

27th October 2005

Teknotherms one for all and all for one

27th October 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Britains Starfrost says it has built its biggest yet Hybrid Tunnel (HT) system for Hollands Platvis in Edam. Platvis BV specialises in frozen fish products, including natural and breadcrumb-coated flatfish fillets.

27th October 2005

Brits build tunnel for Dutch

27th October 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Hampidjan has introduced some new trawl products, aimed at lowering fuel costs, including Dynex warps, made from Dyneema to replace steel wire. It says the new rope is much lighter and Dynex…

27th October 2005

Trawl gear to save on fuel

27th October 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The proposed total ban on driftnets in the Baltic from Jan 2008 has effectively been blocked for the time being by the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament (EPFC) until there has…

17th October 2005

Europarl demands facts before driftnet ban

17th October 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Taiwan will be scrapping a total of 120 large-scale tuna long line vessels between 2005 and 2006 to follow the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity adopted by…

17th October 2005

Taiwan to scrap longliners

17th October 2005