World Fishing News – Page 845

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    Enormous interest in ‘Fish Tub of the Future’

    2006-06-29T16:43:00Z

    Sæplast attended Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels and the company was very pleased with the interest shown in the ‘Fish Tub of the Future’.

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    HB Grandi boosts fish processing automation in partnership with Marel

    2006-06-29T16:39:00Z

    HB Grandi hf. has contracted with Marel hf. to purchase an innovative processing system for saithe. The first of its kind in the world, the new system significantly increases automation, capacity, utilisation and product value. The contract is valued at approximately ISK 60 million.

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    New 3X tub handling machine

    2006-06-29T16:36:00Z

    Icelandic company 3X, which specialises in technical solutions for the fish processing industry, is now promoting its new tub handling system on the European market.

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    Guarding the lights – fighting the black

    2006-06-29T16:21:00Z

    Failing to notice that Norway changed its Minister of Fisheries last autumn, you would have to be colour-blind. The former Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, conservative Svein Ludvigsen (59) often dressed in dark grey before entering the scene to speak about liberalisation of the seafood industry. Structuring the coastal ...

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    Class society concerned at trawler stability

    2006-06-29T16:11:00Z

    The safety of small vessels at sea is a problem that rarely hits the headlines – rather, it is the dramatic casualties of larger ships that spark public interest and concern. However the problem was highlighted by the Polski Rejestr Statków (PRS) during the recent Posidonia exhibition in Athens.

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    NGOs – what are they up to?

    2006-06-29T15:36:00Z

    His comments followed steps taken by British supermarkets to take North Sea cod off the shelf in response to campaigns by Greenpeace and others claiming that the species was facing 'extinction'.The ferocity of Mr Deas' outburst may have surprised many in the fishing industry, not only in the UK, but ...

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    The mercury quagmire

    2006-06-29T15:29:00Z

    Whether to stop eating fish suspected of mercury contamination and forfeit the benefits of Omega-3, or ignore the mercury content and keep eating fish because the benefits outweigh the risks involved, is an ongoing, nagging argument.

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    WHO rushes up yellow flag for avian flu

    2006-06-29T15:28:00Z

    Captains and fish managers at ports, air cargo handling centres and transport rail/land/sea/air nodes, must prepare their health security readiness after the world’s governments decided to begin immediate implementation of influenza-related parts of the new International Health Regulations (IHR).

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    DATANET demonstrations for trawler owners

    2006-06-29T15:17:00Z

    French manufacturer of high accuracy fishing trawl control equipment iXTrawl is currently demonstrating the potential of its DATANET Trawl Door Spread Measurement System on individual owners’ trawlers.

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    Algal toxins poison Chile’s export earnings

    2006-06-29T15:10:00Z

    A satellite study, surveying toxic algal blooms, reports that southern Chile’s 360 coastal fish farms are losing millions of Euros each year through deaths of large caged fish as well as shellfish and there have been major outbreaks of local food poisoning.

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    Brussels in fresh Greenland catch

    2006-06-29T15:03:00Z

    Brussels proposes to pay Greenland €15,847,244 per annum for six years from 1 January 2007 for fishing rights for certain species.

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    Action urged on deep seas by UN

    2006-06-29T14:43:00Z

    "Swift and wide ranging actions are needed to conserve the world’s entire marine environment amid fears that humankind’s exploitation of the deep seas and open oceans is rapidly passing the point of no return.” So says a new report produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World ...

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    3X receives prestigious export award

    2006-05-29T15:42:00Z

    On 19 April, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson presented 3X with the President of Iceland’s Award for Export Achievement at a ceremony at Bessastaðir, his official residence, Company owners Albert Marzelíus Högnason and Jóhann Jónasson accepted the award.

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    Two new reefer vessels for Eimskip

    2006-05-29T15:31:00Z

    Iceland’s Eimskip, a subsidiary of the Avion Group, has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two highly sophisticated reefer vessels for a total purchase price of approximately NOK 258 million (3,120 million ISK).

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    Iceland upholds a healthy economy

    2006-05-29T15:12:00Z

    The importance of fisheries and of the politics of fisheries in Iceland makes the breeding of skilled ministers of fisheries a necessity. Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (51) is one of the most obvious choices. Growing up in the West Fjords of the island, he was soon involved in the local fish ...

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    Great increase in catch for iSYM customer

    2006-05-29T15:07:00Z

    Scantrol, a leading supplier of auto trawl and catch analysis systems for the fisheries industry, claims that its products provide financial gains to the customer.

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    Iceland

    2006-05-29T14:45:00Z

    Long-line fishing is gaining ground - Long-line fishing has in recent years greatly increased its share of the total catch of bottom fish in Icelandic waters, reports Gudjón Einarsson.

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    DSM Dyneema in the Aquaculture sector

    2006-05-29T14:40:00Z

    DSM Dyneema is part of the DSM Performance Materials activities of the DSM group and is the inventor and manufacturer of Dyneema®, said to be the world’s strongest fibre.

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    Booming Polar pelagic doors

    2006-05-29T14:37:00Z

    Two new designs of Polar pelagic doors are showing promising results, greater spreading force and, equally important, reduced resitance. The new design is similar to the Jupiter and Mars pelagic doors but with double compartment as the doors’ main body to generate greater spreading power.

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    Saving costs by discovering faults before they happen

    2006-05-29T14:31:00Z

    A stoppage in the winch unit onboard can be expensive if it happens while hauling. Now Rapp Hydema AS has launched a new Service Partnership which detects faults in winches while the vessel is alongside.