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NewsBritons warm to prawns
Despite the recession, volume sales of warmwater prawns have risen by 14% suggesting that their perceived image as a luxury item is changing, according to the latest retail figures from Seafish.
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NewsNorwegian vessel cuts engine oil consumption by more than 50%
Just 18 months after delivery from the shipyard where she was built, M/V Krossfjord, a Norwegian fishing vessel that operates in the North Atlantic, began experiencing radically increased fuel consumption due to lacquer formations in the engine’s cylinder liners.
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US identifies aquaculture opportunities in Sri Lanka
A recent study funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has identified investment opportunities in the aquaculture sector in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
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Pangasius breeding cooperation
America''s Mazzetta Company will cooperate with a Vietnamese firm to train fish breeders to sustainably farm and process pangasius (tra and basa fish) in accordance with US standards, according to Vietnam''s official Thanh Nien news agency.
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TripleNine ready for IFFO certification
R&D Manager Hans Otto Sørensen expects TripleNine’s products to be IFFO certified within a couple of months.
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NewsTucal prepares for Navalia
Tucal is preparing for its participation at the coming edition of Navalia in May.
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Busy time for Kaelismidjan Frost
Kaelismidjan Frost ehf is an Icelandic based refrigeration company with its headquarters in Akureyri, northern Iceland.
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Premium frozen langoustine
Scottish langoustine are the mainstay of the Braehead (SFO Enterprises) Ltd processing unit in Fraserburgh, Scotland, where business has gone from strength to strength in the past three years, thanks to the development of a superior langoustine tail product that is in demand from buyers in Spain, Italy and the ...
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NewsNew, easy slurry ice from Highland
Proper product handling and efficient cooling are known to be the critical factors in preserving the quality and freshness of the catch. More than ever, consumers are demanding the highest quality seafood. To achieve this, initial rapid cooling of the product is required.
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NewsNew echo sounder from Koden
Koden has introduced its new 10.4in Digital Color LCD Echo Sounder CVS-1410 as a cost effective model and its CVS-1410HS as high sensitivity model for professional use.
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NewsGarmin introduces the new AIS 300 receiver
Garmin® has announced the AIS 300 – a black box receiver that enables wireless monitoring of other nearby Class A and Class B Automatic Identification System (AIS)-enabled vessels that may pose a collision risk.
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NewsNew Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System
The new Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System BW-800 from Uni-Safe Electronics A/S complies with IMO MSC 128(75) and the new IEC 62616 performance standard as of February 2010.
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NewsWESMAR introduces the new HD825 sonar
WESMAR is introducing the new HD825 Series Searchlight Sonar this month.
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Cummins QSK60 HPI certified to IMO Tier II
Cummins Inc. has received a statement of compliance from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certifying the QSK60 HPI auxiliary engine to IMO Tier II emissions standards.
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NewsPerkins unveils new marine diesel engine
The first model in an entirely new generation of Perkins marine diesel engines has been unveiled by the Wimborne Marine Power Centre.
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NewsNew engine from Mermaid Marine
The Mermaid J444 is a 4 cylinder, naturally aspirated heavy duty marine diesel engine and is based on the highly reliable JCB 444 series industrial engine.
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NewsVietnam to abolish the use of polyphosphates in pangasius processing
The drum used for tumbling pangasius fillets in STPP solution in a Vietnamese processing plantAs well as the tumbling, or soaking, of seafood in a solution of sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), there is also the practice of adding extra water in the form of glaze. In fact, both practices are usually ...
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NewsTsunami destroys Chile’s fishing industry
More than 70% of Chile’s central-south coastal fishing fleet was destroyed by the violent earthquake and following tsunami on 27 February, reports Peter J. Neilson.
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NewsUnderstanding ocean acidification
Bonnie Laverock of Plymouth Marine Laboratory checks her experiment on the European mussel's reaction to increased seawater acidityGlobal warming is here to stay and there is no shortage of scientific evidence to show increased carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is to blame, reports Bryan Gibson. Whether or not humanity ...
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Poland and the EU’s fisheries policy
I have on my desk two superbly illustrated publications representing a joint effort by the Polish Sea Research Institute (MIR, www.mir.gdynia.pl) and the Polish branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and published by the latter (www.wwf.pl).
