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NewsNew Rapp Hydema electric motor
The Rapp liquid-cooled electric motor is a first-of-its-kind design, to be used for powering winches or other machinery in demanding applications offshore and within the marine industry in general, says manufacturer Rapp Hydema.
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NewsMarel shows how to process salmon
Executives from the international salmon processing industry examine Marel salmon processing equipment at last year’s Salmon ShowHowThis year, the showhow celebrates its 10th anniversary and will be held at the Carnitech Salmon (now the Marel Salmon Division) premises in Nørresundby, Denmark, on 2 February. In addition to the presentation and ...
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Prawn peeling technology trial for Royal Greenland
The world’s largest supplier of coldwater prawns Royal Greenland has signed a trial collaboration with KM Fish Machinery on the development of a patented prawn peeling technique that works by vacuum.
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NewsWärtsilä to power UK research vessel
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new, state-of-the-art, research vessel.
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Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo continue HERCULES project
Marine engine manufacturers MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä Corporation have agreed to pursue a large joint research project, the HERCULES-C project, as a continuation of the HERCULES programmes for the research and development of marine engine technology.
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RNLI lifeboat tows fishing vessel
Invergordon RNLI lifeboat was launched on yesterday to go to the aid of a fishing vessel that had broken down at the entrance to the Cromarty Firth.
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NewsThriving 'middle light' reefs found in Puerto Rico
NOAA-funded scientists have found extensive and biologically diverse coral ecosystems occurring at depths between 100-500ft within a 12 mile span off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico.
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NewsRecord tuna sold in Tokyo
A bluefin tuna sold at an auction in Tokyo for a record 32.49m yen (nearly $400,000/£257,320), to a joint Japanese and Chinese bid.
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Flume tank comes to Fishing 2011
An interactive large-screen video display at Fishing 2011 in Glasgow will beam live images into the exhibition hall from one of the few remaining flume tanks in the world.
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Chemoil buys OceanConnect Marine for $25 million
Singapore-listed marine fuel supplier Chemoil has acquired OceanConnect Holding''s marine fuel business for approximately $25 million.
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NewsHB Grandi catch worth ISK3.4bn in 2010
HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel catch for 2010 totalled 96,400t, with a value of ISK3.4 billion.
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NewsIndonesia and Honduras tilapia “moving towards certification”
Tilapia produced in Indonesia and Honduras is to join the new WWF seafood guide category of “moving towards certification”.
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Admiral Makarov arrives in Sea of Okhotsk
Admiral Makarov, a Russian icebreaker has arrived to help ships frozen in the ice in Sakhalin Bay, in the Okhotsk Sea.
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NewsGreenpeace launches Ocean Defenders Tour
Greenpeace''s Rainbow Warrior arrived in Keelung port, Taiwan, today to launch its Ocean Defenders Tour of East Asia.
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UK: Weymouth RNLI volunteers assist sinking fishing vessel
Weymouth RNLI volunteers assisted the crew of a fishing vessel who reported their boat was sinking on 3 January. The fishing boat was towed to safety but only after the crew had been evacuated by helicopter.
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NewsPew hails new fish protection measures
Pew Environment Group''s project manager, Holly Binns has issued the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce’s final approval of Amendment 17B - a plan to save nine dwindling fish species in the US South Atlantic.
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NewsNOAA launches information website on Deepwater Horizon oil spill
NOAA has unveiled a web archive of the maps, wildlife reports, scientific reports and other previously released public information used by emergency responders, fishermen, mariners and local officials during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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NewsWWF: an up and down 2010 for Scots
Last year was a year of “ups and downs” for the Scottish fishing industry, according to WWF Scotland’s 2010 end of year assessment of the state of the country''s main whitefish stocks.
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NewsFishbam’s cooker-cooler with vacuum system
Designed for the automatic cooking of tuna and programmed with a vacuum cooling system by means of internal and external showers and a pump, the ‘Fishvac’ offers several advantages when compared with many other cookers available to processors, according to canning machinery manufacturer Fishbam.
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NewsNOAA assists entangled right whale
A team of state and federal biologists assisted a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale off the coast of Daytona, Florida, on 30 December.
