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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The ADB recently awarded Indonesia a grant of US$880,000 towards the consultancy costs of a $1.18 million technical assistance study to help the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries prepare a national…

31st August 2005

Borrowing from the bank

31st August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Squid, fish, crustaceans, plankton, larvae, marine mammals and the whole marine food chain are under threat from CO2 as the gas turns the oceans acidic, warns the worlds oldest scientific body, the…

8th August 2005

All sea life in acid oceans threat?

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norways Domstein ASA, have sold off their holdings in salmon farming (Fjord Seafood) and will focus only on wild fish, industrial production and sales and distribution through Domstein Enghav.

8th August 2005

Domstein goes wild

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Future changes in the global operation of the two large Dutch fishing firms Jaczon of Scheveningen en Vrolijk of IJmuiden might not be excluded in the longer term, writes Pieter Tesch, but…

8th August 2005

Pelagic giant in the Netherlands

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The volume of the fish caught by tourists and sport fishermen in Norway, writes Hans Morten Sundness, may now be as much as 60,000 tonnes (t) a year and this may match…

8th August 2005

Tourists catching too many fish

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Dutch government has to grant Euro85m in compensation to cockle dredgers after the government decided to ban this year cockle dredging in the Waddenzee, an inshore stretch of the North Sea…

8th August 2005

Fishermen get grants

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

ICELANDIC Sæplast reports that is refurbishing its Norwegian factory which makes fenders and buoys, investing in new machinery and equipment, and is also the object of a reorganisation of a number of…

8th August 2005

Sæplast gets reorganised

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

OPTIMAR Ice has installed an ice machine on the Sighvatur GK, making it the third for Grindavik-based Visirs vessels. The latest, a BP-120, has a capacity of 1,000 litres of 40% thick…

8th August 2005

Optimar celebrates triplets with Visir

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ireland will have to pay back €590,000 to the Commission in Brussels for lack of proper control over the withdrawal of fish.

8th August 2005

Ireland – demand for fishy fish money

8th August 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Lip service or reality? - For some time now, ecosystem management has become the fashionable phrase among fisheries scientists and managers. Soon everyone will be saying we must manage the whole ecosystem…

8th August 2005

Ecosystem management

8th August 2005

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

With a month to go for the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, World Fishing talked to Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, events manager to find out why the show has become a reference for the fishing industry.

8th August 2005

Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2005

8th August 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Marel will be showing its Marel Vision Grader at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition. The unit utilizes dynamic weighing and laser vision to measure product features automatically. It grades products based on length,…

8th August 2005

Marel shows it all at IFE

8th August 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

ICELANDIC company MARORKA, says it will be showing its latest, second generation Maren energy management at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition and says it can reduce fuel operating costs by up to 15…

8th August 2005

MARORKA claims 15-30% off

8th August 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Japan Radio Co. (JRC) says it will be showing a new LCD Navtex, a compact Fleet F33 and three new Inmarsat C systems, at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

8th August 2005

Japan calling

8th August 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

BRITTANY-based Morgère says it is doing well in Iceland with its oval foil door and has already put installations on more than 30 bottom trawlers there. Magnus Eyjolfsson, sales manager of Ã?sfell,…

8th August 2005

Oval Foil does the job in Iceland

8th August 2005

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

ICELANDIC company HAARSLEV has delivered its first HAARSLEV Twin Screw Press - the HM80C press - with a screw diameter of 800 mm and six-metres long. It can handle 70 tonnes of…

8th August 2005

You get a bigger squeeze with Haarslev!

8th August 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

SCANMAR says that, following comprehensive trials of its Angle Sensor on doors, they are now moving to commercial production. It says it is the first sensor to feature brand new functionality since…

8th August 2005

Angle Sensor keeps the doors open

8th August 2005

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

BORGARPLAST says the European tub market is stagnant but its tubs are picking up good business in the Baltic states, and its reach now covers customers in Africa, especially Tanzania and Uganda.

8th August 2005

The Baltic states move to tubs

8th August 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Falch Marine A.S of Svolvær (Norway), reports that it has worked with Sunwell, the slurry ice people, to develop a new system to add onto their existing Deepchill(tm) set up and this…

8th August 2005

Three-in-one ice outside the box

8th August 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Swedish company Searef reports it has installed a cargo hold refrigeration unit for the Sea Hawke, owned by the new Zealands company Forty South Limited.

8th August 2005

Swedes delighted to freeze for Kiwi vessels

8th August 2005