World Fishing News – Page 907
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New satellite communication systems from Simrad
Simrad has launched two sophisticated new satellite communication systems based on the Inmarsat Fleet satellite platform.
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Cut! It's a wrap
Quality requirements for fish block producers are getting higher and they have not seen the end yet, according to Denmark-based Peterson Beck A/S.
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Cartolit sees potential in China as it reports export success
Danish block-carton producer Cartolit has its sights set on China to build on what has been a successful year for the company in terms of export sales.
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A year in the life of Norway
But Norway is banking on a Government White paper to see the fortunes of the industry return.The paper reviewed the country's policy towards the coastal fleet and has since argued that it was necessary to reduce its catch capacity (see page 10). According to Svein Ludvigsen, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, ...
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From Offal to profit
Flottweg of Germany''s fishmeal processing expert, Klaus Ertl, has now turned his attention to maximising offal from filleted fish. "In former days we called it offal - nowadays we call it profit!" he says and explains what Flottweg has to offer.
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The Skipper as a scientist
His revolutionary recommendations will hearten workers on deck and bridge. The study, launched last August, gives a panoramic view of excellent, comparative information on fisheries management in seven industrial countries, draws lessons from several others and assesses their applicability to UK fisheries.Food for thoughtFishery science: all stock assessments and fishing ...
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Fitting into the market
How would you describe the general state of the Norwegian fishing industry at the moment?In 2003, there was a decrease in the landings of fish by Norwegian registered vessels, and also in the first hand value. The landings totalled 2.5 million tonnes, down from 2.7 for 2002. The first hand ...
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The 'world catch' big scoring team giants
It was fitting that one of the smallest nations should play host to a conference on one of the biggest issues in fisheries management today: "Does practice follow theory?" Our regular columnist Menakhem Ben-Yami observed and contributed to what he reports, in this first of a two-part report, was a ...
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Succesful launch of Chile's Pesca Sur 2005
Chile''s new fishing show Pesca Sur 2005 was officially launched last month by undersecretary for fisheries, Felipe Sandoval, saying it would reinforce the tremendous contribution that the fishing sector made to the country and be a meeting point for businessmen, scientists and researchers from all over the world.
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First healthy seafood research results
The first wave of results from Europe''s biggest ever, €26m seafood research project, will be presented at an open conference in early October in Copenhagen. The topics range from impact on the heart to consumer preferences and from cancer to food poisoning. The umbrella organisation, SEAFOODplus (see World Fishing, March ...
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450 Million hooked on the future
The world''s largest single market in terms of population is now home to a new EU fishing fleet and industry, serving 450 million citizens from May 1 as the 10 new member states joined the existing 14 in the EU .
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IFE selling fast
Iceland may have only just printed the brochure for the 2005 Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition, but 60 per cent of the space has already been taken for the 7-17 September 2005 event in Kopavogur. The triennial show, the 8th of its kind, seems to give exhibitors the breathing space they need ...
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Iceland 2005 supported by major organisations
The 2005 Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition has secured the support of all major Icelandic Fisheries organisations. The message we wanted to get across is the importance of this show to the nation and by securing the supporters listed below there can be no doubt to anyone looking at this show and ...
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Back at the Icelandic ranch
Fish farming is gaining in importance in Iceland''s range of fish products. Pilar Santamaria reports from Reykjavik on how salmon production has increased in two years from 3,000 tonnes to 10,000t and production is on course to reach as much as 50,000t to 60,000t by 2010.
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Breaking tonne up barrier
Valka RapidFeed says its new flow control system has boosted product handling so that two workers can now handle 1,000kg per hour compared to 600kg before. It quotes Grandi assistant plant manager Isleifur Arnarson as saying: "When we installed the freezer, we had some doubts that we could operate it ...
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Fiskvelar launches new grader
Fiskvelar has introduced its new F-308 Grader, designed to grade products by weight according to predifined format that can be controlled in various ways.
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Icelands tongue and cheek in Chile
Iceland''s A.M. Sigurdsson ehf. has installed a tongue and cheek processing machine for Australian hake onboard the Chilean trawler Unzen belonging to Emdepes SA.
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Steely Vikings hooked on million a month
Dimon is producing a million a month of its new stainless steel hooks and this will rise to three million a month with backing from its Indian factory which opened last November and has 60 staff.
