World Fishing News – Page 888
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Toothfish crew found not guilty
Five men detained after a 7,000km (4,350 mile), 21-day chase across three oceans have been found not guilty of poaching rare fish in Australia, according to the BBC.
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EU, Faroe Islands and Norway on mackerel agreement
Norway, the EU and the Faroe Islands have concluded a three-party Coastal States Agreement on mackerel for 2006.
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Agreement on Norwegian–Russian quotas for 2006
Measures to stop illegal fishing of cod in the Barents Sea were the main topic at the 34th session of the Joint Norwegian–Russian Fisheries Commission. “I am very pleased that the Fisheries Commission has decided to give priority to this work and that Norway and Russia have agreed to implement ...
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Fisheries Council adopts long term recovery plan for hake and Norway lobster
The Fisheries Council has adopted a long-term recovery plan for southern hake and Norway lobster stocks off the Iberian Peninsula
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Bottom-trawling row goes global at UN
An international group of non governmental organisations (NGOs) is rolling out a major lobbying operation at the UN and worldwide for a ban on bottom-trawling. The General Assembly is debating the future of regulations for the deep oceans for seven weeks to end in November, reports Peter O''Neill.
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Bass-dolphin bycatch: Greenpeace fails in court
Pair trawls catching bass will continue to remain outside the 12 miles of the Southwest coast of the UK after a Greenpeace judicial review of the regulation was dismissed by the courts.
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Oz puts half million into seafood future
The Australian government is putting $480,000 (Euro300,000) into a new project which aims to boost the long-term profitability, sustainability and competitiveness of Australia''s multi-million dollar seafood industry.
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Taiwan - from fishing boats to yachts
Poorer deep-sea stocks, reports David Hayes, have meant marine and freshwater aquaculture has grown, creating a new market for fishery equipment. There are more than 50 companies in this business today and many small firms act as subcontractors to larger companies. Some companies producing deck equipment and fittings for fishing ...
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Fishermen and processors join scientists in management review
What made it different was the nature of the different participants who included experts from the Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organization (ANIFPO), the N. Irish Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), the Aquatic Systems Group, the Marine Fisheries Research Programme, Sea Fishery Policy, an Icelandic consulting fishery biologist, and ...
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$25 billion a year? Who gets it?
Those opposing subsidies argue that they distort trade by creating fishery overproduction which is then exported, so affecting fish prices and the fishing industry in other countries.Korean interestThe retention of fishing subsidies is of particular concern to South Korea, Japan and Taiwan; all of which have large domestic and distant-water ...
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C-MAP launches 'Max' pc planner
C-MAP says its new MAX PC Planner version, will provide all the same features as its PC PlannerNT plus substantial improvements to the detail, information and colour representations of the cartography.
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Digital Yacht's smartertrack AIS solution
SmarterTrack has launched a new system combining a dual channel VHF Automatic Identification Service (AIS) decoder in a box about the size of a pack of cigarettes. It say its sophisticated PC software gives the position, identity and heading information of nearby vessels equipped with AIS to be overlaid onto ...
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Simrad latest's safety device
Simrad has launched the new SA50, what it claims to be the smallest SART (Search and Rescue Transponder) in the market. The Simrad SA50 can be used as a carry device or fit in liferaft and uses non-hazardous battery, which has a shelf life of five years, reducing shipping costs.
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Simrad develops new multibeam eco sounder for fishery research
Simrad and IFREMER (French Marine Institute) have developed a new multibeam echo sounder for fishery research purposes. The ME70 "is a giant step forward in fish stock assessment technology and is set to become a key factor in the sustainable management of fish resources," according to a statement from Simrad. ...
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Sunwell deepchills for Japan
Sunwell Technologies of Canada reports good progress on the Deepchill Variable-State Ice System which it has supplied to the "Hiketa Fish Processing Center", (Kagawa Fishery Union) which claims to lead the market for sales of farmed fish in Japan.
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Optimar builds hydraulic ice machine
Optimar Iceland introduced a new Optim-Ice liquid ice machine at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 7-10. September, the BPH-105. It is hydraulic driven to meet the needs of all those without enough electrical capacity to run a liquid ice machine.
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Teknotherm's one for all and all for one
Norway''s Teknotherm says it has a full line of Refrigerated Sea Water (RSW) and freezing plants starting at under 100kW per unit and ranging to pretty well unlimited capacity. That includes multiple chiller installations, using reciprocating and screw compressors, depending on system capacity and a customer''s requirements.
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Brits build tunnel for Dutch
Britain''s Starfrost says it has built its biggest yet Hybrid Tunnel (HT) system for Holland''s Platvis in Edam. Platvis BV specialises in frozen fish products, including natural and breadcrumb-coated flatfish fillets.
