World Fishing News – Page 911
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Stealth Rope beats underwater resistance
The Stealth Rope is reported to be working very well on mid-water trawls according to its manufacturer Van Beelen of the Netherlands.
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Solomon and EU in wise tuna move
The European Union and the Solomon Islands have initialled a new bilateral Fisheries Agreement for a first period of three years running from 1 January 2005. It is exclusively for tuna fishing for EU vessels, at 6,000 tonnes of tuna per annum.
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Morocco targets 2Mt catch and Vietnamese
Vietnam''s fisheries minister Ta Quang Ngoc was given red-carpet treatment during a working visit to Morocco last month when he was accorded a meeting with prime minister Driss Jettou.
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First cast of €26m net for healthy seafood and healthier people
Europe''s biggest ever food research project, focusing on fish, kicked off in Denmark last month with a meeting to define what ''seafood'' means to different people in different countries.
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Fish prices down 50 per cent on soaring NZ dollar
The soaring NZ dollar is causing major concern in the New Zealand seafood industry, according to the chief executive of Sealord Group, the country''s biggest seafood company.
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Nor-Fishing heads for Chile
Nor-Fishing Foundation will have a stand for the first time at the Aqua Sur trade show this month. It will also sign a new cooperation agreement there involving the international fisheries trade fair Nor-Fishing in Trondheim and the new fisheries show Pesca Sur, which is to be held in Conception, ...
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Fishermen frying chefs and trainees for new awards menu
A somewhat different national competition has been launched by Seafish, Britain''s Sea Fish Industry Authority, to find the best of the best across the seafood industry and also boost standards.
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Managing the deep
The issue of how to develop a viable and enforceable management policy for deep-sea fishing has become an important preoccupation for the industry, regulatory authorities and scientists.
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Billingsgate goes Royal for Ocean fund-raiser
Britain''s Prince Charles led a number of restaurateurs and artists on 4 March at the Sea into the Future Gala to cook, to eat seafood and raise £250,000 to fund the Marine Stewardship Council''s efforts to save the wild fish of the Pacific Ocean.
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Spain for flamenco, not one-step, with Mauritania
In spite of Mauritanian efforts to improve hygiene infrastructure and controls, there are still many obstacles to be overcome in order to have more joint ventures and collaboration between EU and Mauritanian operators, according to the Spanish Federation of Fisheries Organisations (FEOPE).
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ICES, stocks and the ecosystem
Can you tell the new models from the old, the good, the bad and the ugly?
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Hawaii P.O. helps birds escape long arm of the claw
If you think Alaska means winter ice storms and Hawaiian conch-shell blowing fisherman swinging garlands in the warm sun, then Sean Martin and Jim Cook seem to have the best of both worlds in their new 78-foot F/V Caroleigh
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Longline dolphin saver tests
Dutch company SaveWave is in the final development stages of a new product to tackle dolphin bycatch. Called the Longline Saver, it is being tested for its effect on killer whales in Norway and Japan. It is expected to be available this summer, SaveWave said.
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Galicia spools out more longliners
Four new longliners will be delivered in 2004 and 2005 for Spanish shipowners from the Vigo-based shipyard in Galica, Spain, of M. Cies. They are being built for use in Atlantic fishing grounds.
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Fishmeal industry stands firm
Adrian Tatum charts the progress of the fishmeal industry over the past year
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Are you tricantering my man? Three-in-one for the price of two
Quite often one side of the world does not know what the other is doing. That can be just as true of the European fishmeal industry which sources much of its product from South America not just the North.
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Longer life on greasy tightrope
Ymuiden Stores Holland says it has recently launched a new range of steel wire rope products including EURAL wires, produced with a special heavy coating which offers up to 25 per cent more life. It says the coating offers strong corrosion protection combined with improved grease adhesion. EURAL warps are ...
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Sicornete -- thinner and stronger
Sicornete is about to launch a new, high-tenacity polyethylene product after three months of testing. It increases the strength of ropes and nets, using thinner ropes so it reduces trawl drag and fuel consumption, hence nets can be bigger and catches higher, says Albino Matos of Sicornete.
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Euronete factory
Euronete, based in Oporto, and making heavy nets for bottom trawls and pelagic fishing, report they have opened a new braiding factory in the north of Portugal.
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Quintas & Quintas nets ponds
Nets and ropes manufacturer, Quintas & Quintas, says it has not only seen an increase in its sales of nets to fish farms but this sector now represents 25 per cent of total sales for its fishing division.
