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Bradshaw calls for world action to save deep sea ecosystems
UK Marine and Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw has urged countries around the world to stop destructive fishing practices that damage seamounts and other deep sea environments.
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Technical report: Fishing with a level indicator
WESMAR, Western Marine Electronics, has recently released a technical report on the unique advantages of the level indicator feature on the WESMAR line of trawl sonars. The level indicator feature allows the sonar operator to monitor the trawl net from the sonar screen, watching the angle of the trawl sled ...
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Macduff cat for fish farming
Macduff Shipyards Ltd has recently completed a steel fish farm workboat for Scottish Sea Farms Ltd for its facility in Sand Bixter in Shetland. The “Lonabrak” is a versatile catamaran with a large deck capacity. The overall length of the vessel is 12.44m, the breadth is 6m and the depth ...
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Skandia Trout Export reduces overweight to one gram
By investing in the newest batching technology Skandia has improved utilisation of raw material, namely fresh slaughtered trout, at a much higher speed. The results are more satisfied customers and increased efficiency.
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Enormous interest in ‘Fish Tub of the Future’
Sæplast attended Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels and the company was very pleased with the interest shown in the ‘Fish Tub of the Future’.
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HB Grandi boosts fish processing automation in partnership with Marel
HB Grandi hf. has contracted with Marel hf. to purchase an innovative processing system for saithe. The first of its kind in the world, the new system significantly increases automation, capacity, utilisation and product value. The contract is valued at approximately ISK 60 million.
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New 3X tub handling machine
Icelandic company 3X, which specialises in technical solutions for the fish processing industry, is now promoting its new tub handling system on the European market.
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Guarding the lights – fighting the black
Failing to notice that Norway changed its Minister of Fisheries last autumn, you would have to be colour-blind. The former Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, conservative Svein Ludvigsen (59) often dressed in dark grey before entering the scene to speak about liberalisation of the seafood industry. Structuring the coastal ...
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Class society concerned at trawler stability
The safety of small vessels at sea is a problem that rarely hits the headlines – rather, it is the dramatic casualties of larger ships that spark public interest and concern. However the problem was highlighted by the Polski Rejestr Statków (PRS) during the recent Posidonia exhibition in Athens.
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NGOs – what are they up to?
His comments followed steps taken by British supermarkets to take North Sea cod off the shelf in response to campaigns by Greenpeace and others claiming that the species was facing 'extinction'.The ferocity of Mr Deas' outburst may have surprised many in the fishing industry, not only in the UK, but ...
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The mercury quagmire
Whether to stop eating fish suspected of mercury contamination and forfeit the benefits of Omega-3, or ignore the mercury content and keep eating fish because the benefits outweigh the risks involved, is an ongoing, nagging argument.
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WHO rushes up yellow flag for avian flu
Captains and fish managers at ports, air cargo handling centres and transport rail/land/sea/air nodes, must prepare their health security readiness after the world’s governments decided to begin immediate implementation of influenza-related parts of the new International Health Regulations (IHR).
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DATANET demonstrations for trawler owners
French manufacturer of high accuracy fishing trawl control equipment iXTrawl is currently demonstrating the potential of its DATANET Trawl Door Spread Measurement System on individual owners’ trawlers.
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Algal toxins poison Chile’s export earnings
A satellite study, surveying toxic algal blooms, reports that southern Chile’s 360 coastal fish farms are losing millions of Euros each year through deaths of large caged fish as well as shellfish and there have been major outbreaks of local food poisoning.
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Brussels in fresh Greenland catch
Brussels proposes to pay Greenland €15,847,244 per annum for six years from 1 January 2007 for fishing rights for certain species.
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Action urged on deep seas by UN
"Swift and wide ranging actions are needed to conserve the world’s entire marine environment amid fears that humankind’s exploitation of the deep seas and open oceans is rapidly passing the point of no return.” So says a new report produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World ...
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3X receives prestigious export award
On 19 April, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson presented 3X with the President of Iceland’s Award for Export Achievement at a ceremony at Bessastaðir, his official residence, Company owners Albert Marzelíus Högnason and Jóhann Jónasson accepted the award.
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Two new reefer vessels for Eimskip
Iceland’s Eimskip, a subsidiary of the Avion Group, has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two highly sophisticated reefer vessels for a total purchase price of approximately NOK 258 million (3,120 million ISK).
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Iceland upholds a healthy economy
The importance of fisheries and of the politics of fisheries in Iceland makes the breeding of skilled ministers of fisheries a necessity. Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson (51) is one of the most obvious choices. Growing up in the West Fjords of the island, he was soon involved in the local fish ...
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Great increase in catch for iSYM customer
Scantrol, a leading supplier of auto trawl and catch analysis systems for the fisheries industry, claims that its products provide financial gains to the customer.
