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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

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rolls-Royce has sealed a NOK 30 million contract with Danish fishing company Niels Jensen & Co AS to provide the design and major equipment for a new purse seiner/pelagic trawler type NVC…

19th February 2005

Largest Danish fishing vessel ever

19th February 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The tsunami is our fishing communitys common disaster

19th February 2005

This time – lets do it right

19th February 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Since the mid-1980s China has become the world's workshop with new factories being set up every year to manufacture toys, garments, textiles, consumer electronics and many other items for export. The vast…

19th February 2005

Chinas white fish exports force European processors to develop new products

19th February 2005

NEWS

NEWS

Having some of the richest fishing grounds in the world is a blessing and a curse for Mauritania, reports Shirley Kumar.

19th February 2005

Mauritania

19th February 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

For over 25 years since first introducing slurry ice technology to the seafood industry, Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has worked with fishermen and companies in the seafood processing industry to develop…

19th February 2005

Deepchill success in Norway

19th February 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

York and Optimar have joind forces and will be manufacturing slurry ice units in Iceland to be sold worldwide. The Slurry Ice machines will be marketed under the joint brand name Sabroe…

19th February 2005

York & Optimar Iceland launch new slurry ice business

19th February 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

MAQ says its triple frequency sonar is helping Albacore and Benito fishermen detect individual fish at 400m with its 90KHz transducer while Bigeye and Yellowfin fishermen are detecting schools at 1,500m and…

19th February 2005

Pinging all tuna

19th February 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Raymarine has launched its first autopilot for Volvo Penta IPS at the Schroders London Boat Show last month.

19th February 2005

Raymarines autopilot

19th February 2005

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

South Africas Olrac has developed a Traceability module at its Scottish-based subsidiary OLRAC-UK which it hopes to sell as an enhancement of its Olfish fisheries management for automated catch traceability down to…

19th February 2005

Olfishs New Year resolution

19th February 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Newage Transmissions of the UK launched their latest marine gearbox, the PRM 1750 at the London Boat Show. A statement from the company said it has a maximum torq ue of 1,750Nm…

19th February 2005

Newage goes up a gear

19th February 2005