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US west coast fishermen sent catch share applications
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has mailed applications to almost 240 trawl fishermen and processors on the US west coast to invite them into what will be arguably the most important change in west coast trawl fisheries management in a generation
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Northrop Grumman introduces new-gen shipboard alarm
US-based Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled a new generation of marine alarm, monitoring and control solutions, designed to provide cost-effective solutions for small- to medium-size commercial and naval vessels.
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NewsContinuous volume dozing
Processing equipment manufacturer for small fish, Peruza said it has bucked the trend for cyclic weighing to introduce continuous volume dozing.
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Scottish Salmon Co appoints board members
The Scottish Salmon Company Ltd (SSC) has appointed three new non-executive directors to its board, Robert M Brown III, Merete Myhrstad and Viacheslav Lavrentyev.
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Norwegian skipper fined for illegal mackerel
A Norwegian fishing skipper who admitted trying to smuggle more than 70 tonnes of mackerel out of EU waters has been fined £20,000 (€22,745/$31,988) in Shetland, UK.
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Gulf of Mexico eyes ecosystem management
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene its Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical Committee and Socioeconomic Panel in Tampa, Florida, to discuss ways in which socioeconomic data can be integrated into fisheries science in moving toward ecosystem-based fishery management.
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Technology to probe deeper into oceans
Australian scientists will use the data from a new AUD 22 million (€15.6 million/$21.9 million) array of high-tech equipment to probe deeper into the nation’s surrounding oceans.
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West Coast Seafood Processors Association – looking to the future
The US west coast trawl groundfish industry – fishermen and processors – will experience a fundamental change in management in 2011. The change to catch shares or an individual quota system will likely create some temporary confusion but may lead to innovation and increased value-adding options for processors in subsequent ...
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NewsSmartfind S5 gets Danish approval
McMurdo’s new Smartfind S5 AIS SART (Automatic Identification System Search and Rescue Transmitter) has been authorised for installation onboard Danish-flagged vessels and in accordance with the requirements of the Danish Maritime Authority.
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Fast thawing
One of Innotec Systems’ “Speedy Thawing” systems has been put into action thawing whole frozen mackerel blocks at one of the biggest pelagic processors in the Netherlands.
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NewsNine billion customers for the ‘bank in the water’
Wild and farmed, live and chilled fish at Hong Kong's Mong Kok fish market. Daily arrivals by truck and ferry from small suppliers around the Pearl Delta and from across China in special luggage vans on passenger trains. (Image: TW/EEC Photos)Beware of soothsayers predicting the future. But we can be ...
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NewsEco-friendly EPS handling turns waste into money
On a good day as many as 1,000 boxes of salmon are fed into the production department at Danish smoked fish giant Norlax A/S. The huge quantity of expanded polystyrene (EPS) boxes used to fill four truckloads per day, which commuted constantly between the company''s premises and a waste handling ...
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NewsMarine Harvest wants in on consolidation
Salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has filed an official complaint against rules that prevent the company from growing any larger in Norway, saying it wants to participate in the consolidation of the industry.
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Closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to reopen
Chicken of the Sea (COS) International has transferred its closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to US-based Tri Marine International.
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Handlined jumbo squid receives eco-label
Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of Seatec’s jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas). Seatec is a supplier of calamari products under the BelOcean brand based in Chile.
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Saudi kingfish contract for Akva
The Akva Group has won a contract with the National Prawn Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for delivery of a pre-grow-out system for the production of yellowtail kingfish.
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New fish skinner with freeze drum technology
German manufacturer Nock has combined its competence in fish skinning technology with his refrigeration know-how from the manufacturing of its scale ice machines to create a fish skinning machine with freeze drum technology.
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NewsSimplifying IUU compliance for exporters
With its experience and expertise in the field of traceability, Marel Food Systems is helping companies to adapt their procedures to the European Union regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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NewsRobot-supported processing ‘follows new path’
With its robot-supported processing and packing system for fish and shrimp, Cabinplant A/S claims it has followed a completely new path: products are no longer processed in individual, linked steps; instead, all processing is performed on the path from the conveyor belt to the package.
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NewsRoss Sea toothfish MSC assessment: objection upheld on four points
An independent adjudicator has instructed the third-party certifier Moody Marine to amend the final report of the Ross Sea toothfish MSC assessment to take into account his decision to uphold four of the objections lodged by the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) against the certification.
