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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sales are up for Optimar Icelands Optim-Ice liquid ice machines. Last autumn we received [enough] orders for Optim-Ice machines to keep our manufacturing facilities busy to the end of the year, reports…

1st June 2004

Optimar – cold catch for Iran and good price for skippers

1st June 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It is good news for a country that relies so much on fisheries. In 2003, total landings reached 1.98 million tonnes and fish products now represent 60 per cent of the country's…

1st June 2004

Iceland claws back its lucrative cod empire

1st June 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It is good news for a country that relies so much on fisheries. In 2003, total landings reached 1.98 million tonnes and fish products now represent 60 per cent of the country's…

1st June 2004

Iceland claws back its lucrative cod empire

1st June 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sanford announced last month that it is no longer in merger talks with Sealord Group Ltd and Pacific Marine Farms Ltd, The New Zealand Herald reports.

1st May 2004

Sanford and Sealord end merger talks

1st May 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The comming assension of ten new countries to the European Union (EU) will create new opportunities for the Spanish fishing industry.

1st May 2004

Spain to benefit from EU expansion plans

1st May 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Trawling may boost stocks

1st May 2004

Flog the trawlermen?

1st May 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Denmarks CP Food Machinery is introducing its P4000 system into the market which it says is a complete solution for the efficient production of sliced salmon and similar fish species in party…

1st May 2004

CPs double lane slicer P4000

1st May 2004

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

We now have a situation where a buyer can source a product from a number of companies in any part of the world. A fishing vessel can have a winch from Norway,…

1st May 2004

Time for change at Sicor

1st May 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Sending e-mails, SMS, faxes and telexes via Inmarsat-C (1) has never been so simple and cost-effective: France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications has developed SkyFile C, a new e-service for Inmarsat-C which optimizes…

1st May 2004

New SkyFile C system aims to cut prices

1st May 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The Marel group has named Intralox, the conveyor belt supplier, for its European manufacturing outlets.

1st May 2004

New Marel partnership

1st May 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The European approved McMurdo MT-1 has now been agreed for use in US waters.

1st May 2004

McMurdo MT-1 approved for US use

1st May 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Seabed Mapping of New Zealand, is about to release Version 3 of their seafloor mapping package - Piscatus 3D. Version 3 includes a host of new features that greatly enhance Piscatus 3Ds…

1st May 2004

Latest Piscatus has worlds bathymetry built in

1st May 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

For coastal fishermen who are near enough land to get a WiFi connection from their onboard PC or laptop, there could be big money to be saved by using the every expanding…

1st May 2004

Coastal fishermen can get cheaper phone calls

1st May 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Simrad is cutting the price of its ES60 echosounder, has introduced a new gyrocompass system and its Olex 3D bottom profiling plotter system, the company said.

1st May 2004

Simrad cuts prices

1st May 2004

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Frances MaxSea has introduced version 10.3.3 of its 3D display system which, it says, will help in the battle to maintain profitability for the commercial fishing industry in the face of diminished…

1st May 2004

Maxsea lauches update for 3D display system

1st May 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

One of Denmarks oldest oil filter companies has undertaken studies to show that its filters are not only better than centrifuges but they are much cheaper costwise. They also says that increase…

1st May 2004

Filter versus centrifuge for longer engine life?

1st May 2004

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Karstensen Shipyard Ltd in Skagen, Denmark have now delivered two new vessels one to Irish Owner Frank Doherty, of Kincasslagh, Donegal and the other to Pauric Conneeley, Gregboy, Claregalway, Donegal . The…

1st May 2004

New ships with old names for Donegal from Denmark

1st May 2004

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The showcase for Russias fishery and fleet-building marine industry runs from 22-25 June this year in St. Petersburg and exhibitors and promoters include, the State Committee for fishery of Russia, the Ministry…

1st May 2004

The Russians arent coming – were going there

1st May 2004

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

February 2004 saw the installation of a new electronic selling system at Sydney Fish Market, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, according to Auxcis Trading Solutions (ATS) in a press statement. Its…

13th April 2004

Sydney market upgrades auction

13th April 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MAQs 5° vertical beam outperforms competitors 10° vertical beam by providing greater near-surface detection and tracking range on Tuna, according to a press release from the company which has been selling sonar…

13th April 2004

MAQ sonar – armchair fishing

13th April 2004