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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

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Stark Bros Ltd and Ocean Fisheries Ltd have launched their new FV Frontier and they say the build period which took 19 months has been an exciting time for them. More important,…

1st December 2004

NZ – changing vessels changing minds

1st December 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Saab TransponderTech has introduced a new, type-approved GPS as an integrated part of the R4 ship AIS transponder system.

1st December 2004

SAAB TransponderTech introduces GPS option with R4 AIS transponder

1st December 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Trio from Norway has bought 60 per cent of the shares in FTC Sweden AB. The two companies see a major potential for synergy by combining technologies and offering new and more…

1st December 2004

Trio and FTC Sweden join forces

1st December 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Pacific Explorer is a commercial trawler owned by Forty South Ltd in Napier NZ.

1st December 2004

NZ boat chooses Swedish system

1st December 2004

NEWS

NEWS

Cuba has many foreign investment opportunities for fishing companies around the world

1st December 2004

Cuba

1st December 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand has drastically reduced the total allowable catch (TAC) for hoki by 44 per cent from October 1, dropping it from 180,000 tonnes to 100,000, in an attempt to rebuild the…

1st November 2004

NZ slashes hoki by 44 per cent

1st November 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One of Icelands biggest insurance companies Sjova Almennar and one of Icelands leading banks Islandsbanki have been confirmed as sole joint sponsors for the Icelandic Fisheries Awards 2005.

1st November 2004

Sjóvá Almennar and Ãslandsbanki to sponsor the Icelandic Fisheries Awards

1st November 2004

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

It is time for fishermen to be real partners in safeguarding the source

1st November 2004

Let the cats guard the cream

1st November 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Spanish Government has followed the French example and will be helping fishermen to face the rise in oil prices.

1st November 2004

French Government to help fishermen as oil price rise

1st November 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Combined with its ability to show not only hardness, but also roughness of the bottom in relation to the contour, MaxSea has become an indispensable tool to many types of fishermen.

1st November 2004

MaxSea 3D is reported to be working well

1st November 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has introduced Deepchillâ„¢ Variable-State Iceâ„¢: a Deepchillâ„¢ System that can deliver slurry ice in a complete range of ice-states: from very liquid ice, to a very thick…

1st November 2004

The evolution of Slurry Ice

1st November 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Research on the advantages of flo-ice, presented at a Vigo conference has shown a number of advantages from the first comparative study with traditional ice methods.

1st November 2004

Flo-ice gives longer life

1st November 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The Norwegian shipyard Solstrand completed and delivered its latest building, the MFV Altaire, to her Scottish owner Altaire Fishing Company, from the Shetland Islands, last month. The ownership of Altaire is shared…

1st November 2004

New trawler for Shetlands

1st November 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Martek Marine (UK) has launched its Crewtrack® man overboard (MOB) alarm/locator system saying it is the most effective on the market with a mechanism to prevent false alarms.

1st November 2004

Safety for the mob

1st November 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

At the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, Xantic displayed a new web-based tool, AMOS Connect Online, which makes it easier for ship managers to manage vessel mailboxes from the office. It can be…

1st November 2004

Xantic launches a new web tool

1st November 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Univan Ship Management, a leading ship management companies, is equiping its fleet with Iridium Satellite systems supplied by provider Horizon Mobile Communications (HMC) in a move to reduce communication costs between ship…

1st November 2004

Reducing costs

1st November 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Thrane & Thrane, the worlds leading manufacturer of equipment for mobile satellite communication, has acquired EuroCom Industries (Denmark). EuroCom Industries is a leading supplier of maritime communication equipment for all types of…

1st November 2004

Thrane & Thrane buys EuroCom

1st November 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Sailor has launched a new portable GMDSS VHF Sailor SP3300 on SMM in Hamburg.

1st November 2004

Sailor launches new portable GMDS system

1st November 2004