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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

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