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  • (Left to right) Gordon Norman technical sales director Nesco Weighing Ltd UK, Per Andresen chief executive Navy Group Norway and John-Sigurd Solberg Ocean Electronics Norway after the agreement was signed together with a Wavecheetah II touch scr...
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    Nesco Wavecheetah II now available in Norway and Denmark

    2010-12-22T15:53:00Z

    Nesco Weighing Ltd of Hull, UK, has signed an agreement with Ocean Electronics of Floro in Norway for the importation of its Wavecheetah II marine fish weighing and food grading systems into the Norwegian market.

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    A further boost for sea lice research

    2010-12-22T00:30:00Z

    EWOS Innovation, will be a key partner in a new innovation centre for sea lice research, the headquarters of which will be based at the University of Bergen. It will be supported by significant grant funding from the Norwegian Research Council as part of the SFI programme (Senter for Forskningsdrevet ...

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    Thai Union: 30% profit rise in 2011

    2010-12-22T00:15:00Z

    Thai Union Frozen Products Pcl, the world''s largest canned tuna producer, expects its 2011 net profit to rise 30% in line with sales growth, boosted by its acquisition of French-based MW Brands Holdings SAS.

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    Aquaculture NZ welcomes Advisory Panel

    2010-12-22T00:00:00Z

    Aquaculture New Zealand has welcomed the establishment of an Aquaculture Ministerial Advisory Panel to consult with the public on a proposal to establish a new marine farming zone in Coromandel.

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    Deadly, deadlier, deadliest

    2010-12-21T01:00:00Z

    Commercial fishing is regarded as the most dangerous profession on the planet. But while Western authorities have been tightening safety regulations, flagrant risk taking with crews'' lives is still rife, writes Menakhem Ben-Yami.

  • IP is particularly popular in Spain because of the opportunities it offers for remote repair maintenance.
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    Special Report: EU failing to introduce electronic fishing records

    2010-12-21T01:00:00Z

    IP is particularly popular in Spain because of the opportunities it offers for remote repair maintenance.Many fishing companies looked to Inmarsat technologies when it came to e-Logs, partly because Inmarsat C is used widely in other areas such as vessel monitoring systems (VMS), or because, as in the case of ...

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    Friend of the Sea-certified pangasius from DKSH, Bakker Vis

    2010-12-21T01:00:00Z

    DKSH, a leading market expansion services provider with a focus on Asia, has partnered with Bakker Vis in the Netherlands to supply Friend of the Sea-certified pangasius fillets to the Dutch market.

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    GEA snaps up Convenience Food Systems

    2010-12-21T01:00:00Z

    GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has expanded the share of food process technology in its portfolio through the acquisition of Convenience Food Systems (CFS) from funds managed by AEA Investors LP.

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    Pangasius off WWF’s red list

    2010-12-21T00:30:00Z

    Vietnam and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recognising both sides'' commitment to ensuring that tra (pangasius) fish is globally recognised as a sustainable aquaculture product.

  • The pollock catch limit for 2011 has been set at 1,252,000 tonnes in the Eastern Bering Sea, and 96,215 In the Gulf of Alaska. (Photo: NOAA)
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    Pacific cod, pollock limits increased

    2010-12-21T00:15:00Z

    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has approved its advice for next year´s Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish total allowable catch limits. The pollock and Pacific cod catch limits have both been ramped up as a result of those stocks´ growth and will come into effect next ...

  • According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Sitka Sound herring stock is at the highest level seen since the department began record-keeping in 1964.
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    Sitka herring quota up to 19,000 tonnes

    2010-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Herring fishermen in Sitka, Alaska, will target their highest quota ever next year after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced the guideline harvest level (GHL) for the 2011 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is 19,490 tonnes.

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    Alaska sues government over Aleutian fishing ban

    2010-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Alaska is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to try to overturn a rule meant to restrict fishing in the Western Aleutian Islands. Designed to defend the western population of Steller sea lions, which are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the regulation is set to go ...

  • The adoption of EU Directive 1077/2088 requiring skippers to migrate from paper logbooks to an electronic recording and reporting system has been slow.
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    EU failing on electronic fishing records

    2010-12-20T15:34:00Z

    The European Union has one of the largest, most advanced fishing fleets in the world but the compliance with its regulation requiring member states’ vessels to introduce electronic fishing records is well short of where it should be, said a leading satellite communications expert.

  • Dr Marc Pinto joins Marport as chief sonar scientist.
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    Marport appoints chief sonar scientist

    2010-12-20T15:03:00Z

    Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc, a leading developer of software defined sonar technology, has appointed Dr Marc Pinto as its chief sonar scientist.

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    Extra time for UK Marine Conservation Zone project

    2010-12-20T13:30:00Z

    The Marine Conservation Zone project board has agreed to allow more time for the four regional MCZ projects in UK waters to deliver their responsibilities.

  • Two handles on the side of the ST700/T skinner can be set and locked to create the desired end product.
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    Steen completes its skinning family with the ST700/T

    2010-12-20T12:22:00Z

    Belgian equipment manufacturer Steen FPM International said its new ST700/T multi-purpose skinning machine, launched earlier this year, completes its family of skinning machines.

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    Co-operative sanctioned for Pacific cod fishery

    2010-12-20T12:13:00Z

    US Congress has passed legislation that would rationalise the Pacific cod fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutians Islands. The Longline Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act will create a Bering Sea co-operative for freezer longline fleet.

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    Scots slam Iceland for mackerel quota rise

    2010-12-20T12:10:00Z

    Scottish mackerel fishermen have condemned the decision by Iceland to increase their unilaterally declared mackerel quota from 130,000 tonnes to 147,000 tonnes for 2011 branding it as political posturing that could result in serious harm to the health of the stock.

  • Vietnam exports between 600,000 and 700,000 tonnes of pangasius fillets annually.
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    Cermaq enters pangasius feed industry

    2010-12-20T11:26:00Z

    Norwegian aquaculture giant Cermaq has signed a joint venture agreement with the local partner, Anova Corporation, in Vietnam. Through its feed operations, EWOS, Cermaq is entering operations in the Vietnamese feed market.

  • The Satlink VMS solution has allowed the Irish enforcement authorities to implement one of the most advanced VMS systems in the EU.
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    VMS: Irish ocean protection

    2010-12-20T09:20:00Z

    Vessel Monitoring Systems or VMS is not a new concept for the fishing industry. The system by which fishing vessels are detected and identified is one of the key practices used by many fishing regulating bodies to manage fish stocks, as well as monitor operators in the industry. But as ...