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ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

The Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition has been running every three years since 1984 and has developed into one of the worlds premier fishing events. Some 13,000m2 of exhibition area inside and outside is…

19th January 2005

Your complete guide for preparing your visit to Iceland, the exhibition and awards

19th January 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Morgère France say their aeroplane is the most popular of their mid-water trawls and it has been in use for 14 years since they designed it with the French National Institute for…

19th January 2005

The flying monster

19th January 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Egersund Trål AS from Norway says that it has been able to get the average fuel cost down as much as 15 per cent and improved the catch rate for large vessels…

19th January 2005

Egersund Trål AS helps to reduce fuel costs

19th January 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

After one year of developments, Royal Lankhorst Euronete Group has just launched Blue Fin Combination Rope, a new combination rope made out of double galvanised wires and with improved Eurosteel yarns to…

19th January 2005

Euronete introduces new combination rope

19th January 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Scanmar of Norway are working on a prototype for bottom sensing which they believe is so good that patents are being applied for. Part of their work has been on board Norways…

19th January 2005

Rocking and rolling on the bottom

19th January 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The Icelandic company 3X-Stál, which specialises in technical solutions for the fish processing industry, is now promoting its new Tub handling system in the European market. This new system has been developed…

19th January 2005

New tub handling system launched in Europe

19th January 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Danish company Scanvaegt says that its ScanGrader can eliminate the 3-5 per cent excess weight contained in packaged fish products. The new solution is also programmed to automate and streamline the entire…

19th January 2005

Excess weight solution

19th January 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Cabinplant has developed a new machine, a so-called roe separator, to solve a seasonal problem faced by producers of cold-water shrimps. Using this roe separator, it is no longer necessary to employ…

19th January 2005

Cabinplant develops roe seperator for shrimps

19th January 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

FTC Sweden is working on a new design to replace its whitefish machine FDS3N. The idea came after building in 2004 a special FDS3N for I&J in Cape Town. The purpose was…

19th January 2005

New whitefish machine

19th January 2005

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

The Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories is an independent state organisation, operating on behalf of industry under the Ministry of Fisheries. For 20 years it has worked to improve the humble containers which carry…

19th January 2005

Tub vs box – size matters

19th January 2005

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Associated British Ports (ABP), owner and operator of Millbay Docks at Plymouth, has caught a new cargo in the form of 1,100 tonnes of frozen fish. The fish is being loaded at…

17th January 2005

ABP PLYMOUTH LANDS A BIG CATCH

17th January 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Populations of the black-legged kittiwake will not recover unless the commercial sandeel fishery off the east coast of Scotland and north-east England remains closed indefinitely, ecologists have said. The stark warning comes…

7th December 2004

Kittiwake-up call on sandeel fisheries and climate change

7th December 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

‘Partners in the Value Chain’ was the central theme of IFFO’s Annual Conference held recently in Buenos Aires and attended by nearly 300 delegates representing the global fishmeal and fish oil industry…

3rd December 2004

THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE GLOBAL FISHMEAL AND FISH OIL INDUSTRY

3rd December 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists have released new data showing a dramatic decrease in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish, which are often sold as Chilean sea bass.

1st December 2004

Toothfish friends have poachers on the run

1st December 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Icelands international, financial acquisition expedition continues with moves by SÃF hf. which was hoping, as we went to press, to finalise the acquisition of French food producer Labeyrie for some €332.3 million.…

1st December 2004

Icelanders hook French with €332 million

1st December 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Cyclone-hit folk on shore and sea

1st December 2004

The weather that went haywire

1st December 2004

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Rapp Hydema has begun to penetrate the Russian market, supplying complete winching systems for two 90-foot combination vessels from the Russian Astrakhan yard for Russias OPC FC Udarnik.

1st December 2004

Russia sings to Rapp winches

1st December 2004

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Dutch-based Nutreco says it is adopting a two-pronged strategy to ... regain solid profit growth, reduce earnings volatility and improve return on invested capital. It has been affected by falling sales.

1st December 2004

Nutreco maps out feeding menu

1st December 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Money has been put up for New Zealander Malcolm McNeill and Jakob Hals from Norway to go to La Réunion in the Indian Ocean to work with French longline fishermen on techniques…

1st December 2004

Kiwis help seabirds through French connection

1st December 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

New Zealands Seafood Industry Council (Seafic) and the Crown Crop & Food Research agency have set up Seafood Innovations Ltd to develop the seafood industrys value-added strategy.

1st December 2004

NZs new value-added research strategy

1st December 2004