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    Spanish fishing fleet adopts Sea Marshall® MOB system

    2008-10-01T15:12:00Z

    Marine Rescue Technologies ltd. says it is pleased to announce that the company has fulfilled two thirds of their contracts to supply the Sea Marshall® man overboard systems to the Spanish fishing fleets.

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    McMurdo appoints Finnish and Greek distributors

    2008-10-01T15:09:00Z

    Portsmouth UK based manufacturer of emergency distress beacons, McMurdo has appointed Furuno Finland Oy as its new distributor in Finland.

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    US patent awarded to OceanLED

    2008-10-01T15:06:00Z

    OceanLED has been granted a US patent for its unique LED underwater lighting products.

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    Chemring Marine calls for change in worldwide marine safety practices

    2008-10-01T15:04:00Z

    The marine distress signals company is calling for standardised rules for replacing dated safety products to enhance marine safety.

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    SADC countries to tighten up on illegal fishing

    2008-10-01T14:59:00Z

    The Hon. Minister Dr Abraham Iyambo and his Mozambican counterpart, Hon. Minister Cadmiel MutembaThe countries - the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mauritius and Madagascar - signed a Statement of Commitment to Stop Illegal Fishing at a July meeting of SADC Marine Fisheries Ministers ...

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    Amethyst completed

    2008-10-01T14:54:00Z

    The latest completion by Macduff Shipyards Limited is the steel hulled trawler Amethyst BF19, built for Ralston Johnston and partners, Gardenstown, Scotland.

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    Boys Pride launched

    2008-10-01T14:52:00Z

    On Friday 22 August, Peter Forsythe''s wife Fiona named the Boys Pride N174 at a ceremony at Banff Marina, Scotland watched by family and friends before the vessel set sail home to Kilkeel.

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    MST delivers RIB for fishery protection

    2008-10-01T14:49:00Z

    Commercial RIB builder MST (Marine Specialised Technology) has recently delivered a specialist RIB for the South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee to carry onboard its Fishery Patrol Vessel FPV Cranogwen.

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    NVC352 sisters to Iceland

    2008-10-01T14:45:00Z

    The Icelandic ship owner Isfelag has ordered two purse seiners/pelagic trawlers of Rolls-Royce design type NVC 352.

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    H.P. Holmeset AS orders new longliner with moon pool

    2008-10-01T14:43:00Z

    H.P. Holmeset AS of Haram, Norway, signed a contract for a new longliner at Nor-Fishing 2008. The vessel has been designed by Skipsteknisk AS and will be built by Fiskerstrand Verft AS.

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    Optimal hull shape - the NVC 349

    2008-10-01T14:42:00Z

    The new NVC 349 purse seiner from Rolls-Royce has been designed to have the optimal hull.

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    Vik-Sandvik designs new Voyager

    2008-10-01T14:33:00Z

    Voyager Fishing Company Ltd of Northern Ireland has signed a building contract with Danish shipyard Karstensen Skibsverft for construction of Voyager, a combined purse seiner/trawler.

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    MSC round-up

    2008-10-01T13:48:00Z

    The following organisations have recently entered into Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment:

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    Better management for fishing's 'last frontier'

    2008-10-01T13:35:00Z

    After two years of preparation and negotiation, FAO Members have adopted international guidelines aimed at limiting the impact of fishing on fragile deep-sea fish species and habitats.

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    Integrated processing plant for pelagic harvests

    2008-10-01T11:51:00Z

    IceBits from Iceland is currently developing a ''total fish plant'' for a company in the Sultanate of Oman.

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    LIMA RM 30 S fish separators

    2008-10-01T11:49:00Z

    The RM 30 S separator is the latest LIMA model launched on the market for fish applications.

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    Presenting FutureFish

    2008-10-01T11:40:00Z

    FutureFish is a new processing method for fresh, frozen (thawed) and salted fish, suitable for both soft and strong fish including whitefish (such as cod), resulting in higher quality, higher yield and increased shelf life, using only fully natural methods (no chemicals at all).

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    Fish boxes a great success

    2008-10-01T11:32:00Z

    “The straight stack 70l plastic ''Craebox'' has proved to be a great success for Boxpool Solutions in Scotland in developing their box rental business," says Chris Neill, Craemer''s sales director, plastic materials handling.

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    Packaging tailored to customer's needs

    2008-10-01T11:28:00Z

    Consumer behavior has changed. People have less time and do not wish to shop every day - they shop once a week and the result is a growing demand for longer shelf life.

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    Ishida launches automatic weighing solution

    2008-10-01T11:24:00Z

    Ishida Europe has extended its range of solutions for the weighing and packing of fresh, sticky products with the introduction of a new range of ‘Screw Feed’ multihead weighers, which allows the fully automatic handling of these types of products for the first time.