World Fishing News – Page 864
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NewsNozzle improves fishing efficiency
Built in 1988, MV “Trygvason” is a single-screw trawler originally equipped with an open-type, 2600mm-diameter CPP.
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NewsNew patrol vessel for Iceland
The Icelandic government has ordered an Oceanographic Patrol Vessel from ASMAR-Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Company, Chile, for the Icelandic Coast Guard. The vessel is designed by Rolls-Royce Norway for patrol operations in the North Atlantic.
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NewsThe Seafish Fuel Efficiency Programme
The soaring price of fuel has become a major issue for the UK fishing industry in recent years, especially since it has come at a time of ever tighter quotas and other catch restrictions; all of which put extreme pressure on the viability of the fleet.
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Norwegian whale quota set
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has set a quota of 1,052 animals for the 2007 minke whale hunt.
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Ice-class research vessel for Norway
The Norwegian Government has announced that it will assess the need for a new, ice-class research vessel capable of operating in the far north.
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NewsFuel savings and greater efficiency for new GE engine
GE Transportation has introduced new V250 12- and 16-cylinder medium-speed diesel engines for marine and stationary applications which are claimed to deliver fuel savings of as much as 6.5% compared to the company’s earlier models, and offer 25% greater power density in the compact designs, while meeting US Environmental Protection ...
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New research refutes ocean ecosystems collapse claims
Research conducted by scientists at the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP) of the UH Mãnoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, and reported in a paper published in the December 15, 2006 issue of Science, refutes the claims that ocean ecosystems are on the brink of collapse.
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New GPS-DGPS sensors
SAM Electronics has introduced two high-precision R4 GPS and Differential GPS sensors designed for worldwide navigation aboard vessels of all types and sizes as well as delineation of fishing grounds and support of hydrographic surveying operations.
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Redfish tagging cruise
The Marine Research Institute (MRI) of Iceland recently conducted a redfish tagging cruise using Underwater Tagging Equipment (UTE) from Star-Oddi.
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Sonartron electronics for “Sanmar II”
Sonartron Limited has provided the full electronic equipment package to Irishman Patrick Friel’s latest vessel, the “Sanmar II”, making this latest edition to the inshore fleet the most technically advanced crabber built.
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News“With SEVSAT we are connected all the time”
Willum Anderson, chief engineer on the “Huginn VE-55”, a 68m Icelandic fishing vessel which used to be out of range 95% of the time, says that SEVSAT gives them internet and telephone access on fishing grounds far away from shore.
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New Olfish-2007
Olrac, the company that developed Olfish, the software for the collection, management and reporting of commercial fishing data, launched the new version of its software, Olfish-2007 in January 2007.
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Marport announces Software Defined Acoustics Platform
Next-generation trawl monitoring solutions will require a software defined architecture that supports multiple signalling protocols, is interoperable with competitor products, and provides flexible, reconfigurable functions – all while operating on fixed hardware, according to Marport.
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IFREMER approves first Simrad ME70
Following a series of extensive tests IFREMER (French Marine Institute) has accepted and approved the Simrad ME70 scientific multibeam echo sounder onboard the research ship “Thalassa”.
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New Super-flake ice machine MF83
At the beginning of 2007, Scotsman launched the new Super-flake ice machine MF83 for fishery and food processing applications.
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NewsCO2: an alternative fish freezing solution
Equipment specialist Starfrost has developed a revolutionary freezing system for seafood products that could previously only be processed using nitrogen.
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NewsBUUS to produce Sabroe machines
At BUUS Ice A/S in Denmark, last autumn was much busier than usual, due to the fact that Sabroe ice flake machines have been produced at BUUS, instead of previous company York, since July 2006.
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NewsCarotti’s ice machines
Carotti Ice was founded in 1960 and began the production of Ice Crush machines in 2001, in addition to its existing Ice Makers.
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NewsBetter fish quality
According to Fiskeriforskning, superchilling gives better quality compared with fillets that are chilled using the regular method.
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NewsSecond Deepchill™ for The Plitt Company
In January 2006, Sunwell delivered a Deepchill™ Variable-State Ice System to The Plitt Company of Chicago.
