World Fishing News – Page 878
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Lobster landing size increase proposed
Fishermen could be barred from landing lobsters smaller than 90mm under Government proposals published yesterday.
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Waitrose announces ground-breaking moves as part of latest sustainable fishing policy
Waitrose launches series of new initiatives, to increase understanding around sustainable fishing and to combat consumer confusion - Quality supermarket Waitrose yesterday announced a series of exciting new initiatives aiming to educate consumers on the importance of sustainable fishing.
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New measures to protect marine environment
New measures to protect the marine environment were announced by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Minister, Ben Bradshaw, during a visit to the marine reserve of Lundy Island, off the north coast of Devon today.
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Telenor Satellite Services acquires satellite communications business of Norse Technology AS
Move further strengthens Telenor''s position as a leading communications provider for the oil & offshore market and maritime transport industry
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Founders of Green & Black’s go MSC
Jo Fairley and Craig Sams, the creators of Green & Black’s organic chocolate, have ventured into a new area of ethical food - sustainable fish rolls.
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Fishery research vessels for NOAA
Considered among the world's most technologically advanced fisheries research vessels, these sister ships will join the 'Oscar Dyson', first of the class, which was commissioned in May of 2005. According to Rear Admiral Samuel P. De Bow Jr., director of NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, “With this new ...
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Free fuel from your own backyard!
Like most good ideas, this one came out of a row. Italian Engineer Franco Piermartini had watched local citizens battling in public meetings with bureaucrats and service companies who wanted to set up an incinerator to burn a town’s ever-growing mountain of waste.
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Golden Arrow showing the way
Southampton-based Golden Arrow Marine claims to be recognised as being one of the country’s top Perkins Sabre dealerships. It says that it provides owners with an unrivalled service that embraces every aspect of owning and enjoying an engine, from supplying and installing, to commissioning and maintaining. So much so that ...
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Engines for versatile applications
The Deutz marine engine programme currently comprises six series with power ratings between 14 and 440kW. All engines are available as classified units and can be supplied with different cooling systems depending on the relevant operating conditions.
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III Worldwide Conference of Tuna ‘Vigo 2006’
To be held in Vigo, Spain, between 11 and 12 September 2006 - According to conference organisers ANFACO, tuna is the worldwide processing industry’s main fish product, accounting for more than 55% of the production of canned seafood and fish (both in value and in volume). The tuna fleet is ...
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DSI/ERLINORD automatic block unloader
DSI and ERLINORD have, in cooperation, developed the ABU06 – a new automatic block unloading systems for DSI standard vertical plate freezers.
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New liquid ice machines by Optimar Iceland
Recently Optimar Iceland introduced a new Optim-Ice liquid ice machine for smaller vessels that do not have the power to generate electricity for such a machine.
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Prince Edward Aqua Farms Deepchills™
For over 25 years since first introducing slurry ice technology to the seafood industry, Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has worked with fishermen and companies in the seafood processing industry to achieve higher yields and fresher product using deepchill™ slurry ice.
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Ready for a flu disaster?
But, small ports just don’t have big city services. However, careful, common sense planning could mean smaller is better – local action by local people for speedy local reaction.Call the dentist!WHO’s 25 action ‘protocols’ are not ready, but officials have talked World Fishing through the drafts so that small ports, ...
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North America
Hurricanes, salmon questions and huge volumes of pollock - With fisheries occurring from Davis Strait between Greenland and Labrador down the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico and up the Pacific Coast from the Mexican border to the Bering Sea, North America’s fishing industry is a mixing pot more ...
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Reversing long term decline
Growing consumer awareness, the association believes, will reduce the market for illegally caught tuna which is supplied mostly by foreign vessels. Discouraging consumption of illegally landed tuna, in turn, will raise demand for legally caught fisheries products landed by Japan’s fishing fleet.JFA’s initiative to target consumers to combat competition from ...
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NewsCompass futures – are there choices?
FOG for clarity?When Fibre-Optic Gyros (FOGs) were introduced in the mid 1990s, it was hoped that this technology, with no moving parts, would result in high accuracy, low prices and zero maintenance as well as more economical operation, rendering regular replacement of gyro spheres, required by conventional gyros, unnecessary.After a ...
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Fishing for answers: the missing questions
The state of fisheries, whether worldwide or in individual areas, has become a fashionable subject of both learned articles in scientific journals and separate publications.
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NewsNew home for the jackass penguin
A dozen jackass penguins have taken up their new residence at Nausicaa, the French National Sea Centre here, reports Peter O’Neill from Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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Lead and cadmium limits
Fresh levels for lead and cadmium in fish and some other marine animals have been agreed by the global expert body, the Codex Alimentarius, which sets guidelines for food safety.
