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ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Foreign crew members on board fishing vessels should be assured decent minimum wages and employment conditions

1st June 2005

Cheap labour

1st June 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

ORBIMAGE has released version 6.0 of its software for its SeaStar Fisheries Information Service. It has its own satellite (OrbView-2), and the company says Captains can view the oceanographic maps created by…

1st June 2005

MasterCast from ORBIMAGE

1st June 2005

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

New Zealand-based Prion Technology says their new snood system is getting a positive response on the sea and they hope to sell it into a number of markets, according to director Andy…

1st June 2005

Prion hooked on nude snood

1st June 2005

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

By increasing the working pressure from 47 to 64 bar Rauma Brattvaag says its BRH64 winch technology provides 30-45% increase in power from the same frame size, together with simpler and cheaper…

1st June 2005

Fishing boats go for 64 bar winches

1st June 2005

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Norways Karmoy Winch is delivering the deck machinery for a new, 38-metre, combined purse seiner / trawler for the Scottish, Peterhead-based Lunar Fishing company.

1st June 2005

Karmoy winches in Canadian Lunar module via Scotland

1st June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A project to help the region’s fishermen net new business is being launched along the North East coast in the UK.

1st June 2005

Skipper scheme launched in the UK

1st June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The publication, yesterday, of the European Commission’s fourth annual report on serious breaches to the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), shows that the number of such detected breaches went up…

31st May 2005

Report shows substantial increase in breaches to CFP rules in 2003

31st May 2005

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Methods for protecting the seabed was one of the topics on offer at the New Zealand Seafood Industry conference.

31st May 2005

New Zealand Seafood Industry Serious About Reducing Impacts on the Seabed

31st May 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The latest study of crime in Australias fishing grounds has simply reinforced the need for intensive crackdowns on the theft of stock from inshore waters and out to the 200-mile limit, according…

25th May 2005

Pirates in Aussie searchlight & restuarants raided

25th May 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Acting Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson has begun consultation on regulations that make compulsory the use of bird scaring devices on fishing trawlers.

25th May 2005

Consultation begins on regulations to reduce seabird deaths

25th May 2005