All Industry News articles – Page 430
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French-built trawler for Namibian monk fishery
The largest producer of horse mackerel in Namibia, Namsov Fishing Enterprises and its joint venture partner, Labour Investment Holdings, took delivery of a 12-year-old stern trawler early in 2002. The French-built Twafika will be used to fish the 595t monk quota that was issued to the joint venture, Twafika Fishing ...
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Dyrkorn and Fiskevegn merge to form new longline organisation
Norwegian gear manufacturers Dyrkorn AS and Fosnavåg Fiskevegn AS have merged to form a stronger organisation dedicated to the supply of longline fleets world-wide.
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New East coast dealer for Seascan
Ormston Technology Ltd of Hull has been appointed as dealers for the Seascan ground discrimination system from Seatronics.
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Norway's biggest to use Mustad
Ervik Havfiske, Norway''s biggest autoline operator, has chosen the Mustad Autoline Deep Sea system for its latest newbuilding.
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Kranskan attempts to tackle crane dispute
With growing concern in the UK about the lack of adherence to the regulations regarding crane operations on fish farm workboats, a Scottish company has developed a new safety device to ensure full legal compliance.
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UK based company Gael Force develops new chain plate
Fish farm mooring system specialist Gael Force has continued the development of its products by introducing the Gael Force Patent Chain Plate which will work with the company''s existing Rope Ring system.
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Sustainability and marketing -- a contradiction?
The fact that sustainability and marketing are not necessarily a contradiction in terms will be discussed by high-ranking speakers at the Quality Conference Taking place parallel to Fish international for the first time, practical, concrete measures are at the top of the agenda of the forum.
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UK gain quotas from EU talks
Fish quota clawbacks won in Brussels last month by UK Fisheries Minister Elliot Morley will mean a viable future for UK fishermen whilst retaining sustainable limits on catches.
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Last chance for industry: MSC
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an international environmental organisation which identifies sustainable seafood through a certification and eco labelling programme, has reacted to the news that European fishing fleets face further drastic cuts in order to reduce the disastrous effects of over fishing.
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Scotland to scrap over 100 vessels
Over 100 vessels are set to be scrapped in Scotland as part of a GBP 25 million decommissioning programme.
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Marel's salmon success saga
Fish processing has come a long way in the past 10 years or so, moving rapidly from labour-intensive operations to state-of-the-art components and total solution turn-key plants that have greatly increased quality, yield, capacity and speed. In conjunction with these advances, overweight and salvage have been reduced to a minimum. ...
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An eye on each fish
Cabinplant''s newly-developed vision grading system sets new standards for optimum consumer fish handling.
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The complete traceability chain
POLS hf has been one of the world''s pioneers in the on-board weighing and grading technology ever since 1985 when POLS hf launched the first Icelandic electronic Marine Scale for on-board weighing in 1985.
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The X-chain
Swedish manufacturer X-Chain System AB has produced a X-chain gear linkage which it says will help towards more effective fishing.
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TrawlTec success
The Icelandic Vaki-DNG TrawlTec system has proved to be a success for its users. The system monitors wire tension and wire length. According to Mr. Norman C. Anderson, Master of Seattle based trawler F/V Alaskan Rose, the use of this system has reduced the gear work and web cost ...
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Tyson's looks for export
Rope and wire manufacturer Tyson''s has expanded its range of Gold Strand combination and synthetic ropes as its attempts to expand its exports.
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Hampidjan wins contracts in Norway
Hampidjan has won contracts to supply six self spreading trawls for blue whiting to Norwegian vessels which were due to be delivered at the end of December 2001.
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BMFA set to develop sustainable marine Finfish farming operation
The British Marine Finfish Association has underlined its commitment to ensure that the farming of species such as cod and haddock is carried out in a sustainable way.
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Van Beelen continues success
Van Beelen netting has reported a good level of sales for its Dyneema range aimed at the pelagic midwater trawl sector. Dyneema rope now comes with a braided cover and is being used with great success as bridles and frame ropes according to company md Mr ...
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South African software finds favour in Australia
A computer programme that has been designed by a South African company to capture, store and summarise commercial fishing information, has found an application in Australia where the South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SEFTIA) is using the software as the basis of its ''E-Boat'' project.
