World Fishing News – Page 719
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Caterpillar launches marine DEP engines
The latest step in the evolution of the Cat® 3500 engine line is the launch of the Cat 3512C and 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) engines, to better meet critical customer requirements and further the commitment by Caterpillar to sustainable development.
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NewsMAN Diesel moves into specialist fishing segment
MAN Diesel recently entered a new industry segment with the launching of the tuna-freezing purse seiner Playa de Azkorri in Spain’s Basque Country.
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DSI presents CorePoint
DSI has recently launched its newly developed system which precisely measures the core temperature of whatever the customer''s DSI vertical plate freezers are processing.
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NewsQuality slurry ice for quality product
At Pacific Marine Expo this year Integrated Marine Systems (IMS) unveiled a new refrigeration product.
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NewsKER upgrades Pacific Andes vessels
KER Services Ltd is based in Ireland’s premier fishing port of Killybegs and specialises in a wide range of services to the offshore industry, particularly the fishing, aquaculture and oil and gas sectors, as well as providing onshore support to the fish processing plants and commercial and industrial areas.
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NewsFaster crab freezing
Royal Greenland has just concluded a project resulting in faster freezing of snow crab.
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NewsNew extraction process produces high quality chemical-free krill oil
Fishing for krillAccording to Tharos Ltd, the Santiago, Chile-based consultancy that developed the technique, the non-solvent and chemical-free extraction principle leaves no residue in the final product which is aimed at the human pharmaceutical and health supplement market. “We believe this to be a revolutionary concept because, unlike oil extraction ...
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NewsVietnam to expand fisheries sector
Vietnam is about to launch a VND 1,300 billion (US$71 million) investment programme to expand aquaculture production over the next decade in the country’s southern provinces that form the central area of the fish farming sector.
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Support grows for the 2010 Offshore Mariculture Conference
Leading industry associations have all pledged their support to the Offshore Mariculture 2010 Conference that will be held from 16-18 June 2010 at the Hilton Imperial Hotel, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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NewsPromising future for the Canadian fishing and sealing industry in China
Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has concluded a successful visit to the People’s Republic of China aimed at promoting new markets for Canadian fish, seafood and seal products.
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Fish industry meets to present innovations at fish international 2010
A new self-service fish concept for the grocery sector, an innovative cleaning robot, a fish that only recently appeared on the German market – the exhibitors at the 12th fish international will bring with them numerous innovations.
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NewsFrench fisheries and CFP discussed at Lorient workshop
Menakhem Ben-Yami’s kick-in lecture. From left: James Smith (D&P, Marseilles, interpreting), Menakhem Ben-Yami, D. Le Sauce (D&P President) The headquarters of P&D, which also include a fisheries documentation centre, is situated in Lorient in Brittany, France. Lorient is the second largest fishing port in France handling annually ...
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Obama, Lubchenko and catch shares: who benefits?
According to an official announcement by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in June 2009 President Obama committed his administration to “integrated and comprehensive national ocean policy, incorporating programs to help rebuild fisheries and sustain fishermen, communities and vibrant working waterfronts, including the cultural and resource access traditions”.
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New Vietnam tuna association
A Vietnam Tuna Association will be established soon, Tran Cao Muu, General Secretary of the Vietnam Fisheries Association has said via official media, reports Michael Mackey.
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NewsAlaska pollock judged sustainable by MSC
Alaska pollock, the largest US commercial fishery and one of the top five seafoods eaten in the United States, has been deemed sustainable under the criteria developed by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
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NewsNAFC helps train the fishermen of the future
As Shetland’s fishing industry continues to work within fisheries management and quota constraints, the NAFC Marine Centre has pledged to maintain and develop its first-class training provision for a sector that has an integral role to play in the future of the local economy.
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NewsBoard changes at Marine Harvest
Svein Aaser, who has been Chairman of the Board of Marine Harvest since the inception of the Company in 2006, has told the Board of Directors that he wishes to step down from his position, effective from the beginning of this week.
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NewsBan on shark finning
Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has received the ''Shark Champion Award'' in recognition of Scotland''s new ban on the removal of fins from sharks at sea which came into force on 1 January.
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NewsDanish blue mussel fishery secures MSC certification
Mussels caught in Denmark’s Limfjord by Vilsund Muslinge Industri (VMI) will be the first mussels in the world to carry the MSC ecolabel.
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German North Sea brown shrimp fishers apply for MSC ecolabel
“The full assessment of the German North Sea brown shrimp fishery to the internationally recognised MSC standard is now commencing”, says a delighted Knud Bußmann, secretary of the Association of Brown Shrimp and Coastal fishers.
