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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A hundred years ago Glasgow was at its peak as the second city of the British Empire and its shipbuilding yards were equipping the merchant, naval and fisheries fleets of the whole…

19th March 2005

Iceland celebrates 100 years since first trawler

19th March 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Fisheries Monitoring Agency will come into effect in 2006, a year earlier than planned, announced Elena Espinosa, head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) last month.

19th March 2005

EU Fisheries Monitoring Agency ready in 2006

19th March 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Decommisioned EU fishing vessels could be on their way to rebuild the tsunami hit fishing fleets of the countries around the Indian Ocean if a proposal from the European Commission is accepted.

19th March 2005

EU could transfer fishing vessels to the areas affected by the Tsunami

19th March 2005

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Australias seafood industry has announced that it has access to a registration system for offers of support to rebuild the counterpart industries in tsunami devastated regions. Federal agencies will match offers from…

19th March 2005

Australian Seafood Industry support Tsunami aid relief

19th March 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

North Africas premier international fisheries exhibition AGADIR FISH MOROCCO, will be staged for the third time from April 14-16 2005. The 2003 exhibition, the organisers say, was a real success for the…

19th March 2005

Agadir Fish Morocco gears up

19th March 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

After the European Union (EU) legislation on food traceability came into force on 1 January, fisheries, one of the last major remaining commercial hunter-gatherer activities, is now liable to the same legal…

19th March 2005

Traceability means more demanding marketplace

19th March 2005

NEWS

NEWS

The Philippines looks to aquaculture for long-term growth. David Hayes reports. - Not only has farmed fish in the Philippines overtaken wild catch, as in China, Filipinos are generating valuable income from…

19th March 2005

Philippines

19th March 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Over the past years, producers have been facing numerous challenges, one of which is production. Last year 2004 was not an exception, although globally it improved significantly compared with the previous year…

19th March 2005

Fish meal sector remains unstable

19th March 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The regional ministerial secretary of Health in Concepción (Chile) Patricia González, has filed an accusation against five fishmeal plants, after having detected serious defects in their production processes and in the handling…

19th March 2005

Fishmeal plants inspected in Chile

19th March 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

US-based Omniglow says it is new 6 Flex-stick ultra lightstick outperforms any other commercial on the market. The company says that in the battle for fish all longliner fishermen know the secret…

19th March 2005

New sea wars light sabre

19th March 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Work is well underway on a new industrial harbour at Dhabba in Yemen and it will be the largest facility of its kind on the Southern Arabian Peninsula. According to a Deutz…

19th March 2005

Yemen goes fishing for $30m harbour and new vessels

19th March 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Germanys echanische Netzfabrik of Oldenburg, reports the recent introduction of a full range of nylon fishing nets with very small meshes and strong, heavy duty twine.

19th March 2005

Nylon – small is strong and economic

19th March 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The growing trend for hull building in Poland continues with two new pairtrawlers for Faroes home port Leirvik which have been fitted out by Faroes company Vónin Ltd., based in Fuglafjørdur .

19th March 2005

Twins via Poland to Faroes

19th March 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Norways Simrad reports it will be launching new catch monitoring systems in May, the PI44 and PI54 and in the meantime it is putting a new height sensor on the market.

19th March 2005

Simrad to launch innovative monitoring system

19th March 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On February 17th, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) General Secretary Doro Zinke and the President of the ETF Fisheries Section, Peter Sand Mortensen, met EU Commissioner Joe Borg. During the meeting,…

22nd February 2005

The ETF meets Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

22nd February 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The tonnage of whitefish landings at Lerwick Harbour increased by more than a quarter in the first nine months of this year, with the successful Land in Shetland campaign making an important…

19th February 2005

Positive Trends in Whitefish landings

19th February 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

There is to be a 10 per cent reduction in fishing possibilities for European vessels in 2005.

19th February 2005

EC backs down over drastic cuts

19th February 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Asias Tsunami disaster has had a devastating impact in the area. Fishermen from some affected countries such as Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand have witnessed a decline in their catch report.

19th February 2005

Tsunami hits fishing sector

19th February 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pesca Sur will be held from 9-12 March this year, at the new Sur Activo Convention centre in Concepción -- Talcahuano, Chile. This will be the first time that this new exhibition…

19th February 2005

Pesca Sur opens its doors

19th February 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Macduff Shipyards has completed the building of the Amethyst BF19 which replaces the previous Amethyst 11, for partners David West and Ralston Johnston. The new vessel is a stretched version of the…

19th February 2005

Amethyst new jewel for West and Johnston

19th February 2005