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Spanish trawler fined £13,800 for net offences
The skipper and owners of the Spanish trawler Nuevoc Confurco were fined a total of £13,800 by magistrates at Truro, UK in July after pleading guilty to two net offences.
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First Irish fishery begins MSC assessment
The north East Atlantic mackerel fishery managed by Irish Pelagic RSW and Processors Sustainability Group – consisting of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Irish Fish Producer Organisation and the Donegal Fish Merchants Association – has entered full assessment with a view towards certification under the Marine Stewardship Council standard for sustainable ...
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Minister announces investment in Scottish fisheries
Scottish fisheries will receive over £200,000 of new funding to help them achieve independent sustainability certification, the First Minister announced in Peterhead yesterday.
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NewsNew NFFO chairman
Skipper Davey Hill from Kilkeel in Northern Ireland, has taken over the Chair of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations.
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NFFO's three strand strategy on fuel cost crisis
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO)’s Executive Committee met recently to hammer out the Federation’s policy on the fuel price crisis.
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NewsTesco gets onboard with responsible fishing
Tesco is getting onboard with the finest in the UK’s seafood catching sector by sponsoring boats to enter the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS).
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Report: Offshore aquaculture would benefit US economy
Aquaculture shows significant economic potential and good prospects for success in the United States, according to a new report commissioned by NOAA.
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Wisdom from Russia - now in English
In January 2007, I reviewed here (see Enlightenment from Russia) a Russian book by L B Klyashtorin and A A Lyubushin, published in 2005 by the Moscow VNIRO (the All-Russian Scientific Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography).
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NewsLicences and quotas: the legal ownership debate
Devolution, and independent governance for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has recently refuelled the debate within the United Kingdom regarding ownership of licences and fishing quota.
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NewsConservation vital for tuna
Cheap tuna is a thing of the past, the conference was told. Stocks are declining in all oceans and tuna is becoming more expensive to catch. Rising fuel prices and environmental pressures are taking their toll; climate change with increased water temperatures and rising sea levels is having a serious ...
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Meeting emissions regulations
Volvo Penta says that the excellent emissions performance of its engines meet both existing and proposed emissions regulations and all of the company”s gen-sets and propulsion engines are type approved by major classification societies.
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NewsMore Cummins engines for Argentina
At the end of May, the shipyard Astillero Naval Federico Contessi y Cia. S.A. christened and launched a new coastal fishing vessel.
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NewsBio-lubes: myth and reality
The fishing industry today faces many challenges. Increasing fuel costs, reduced quotas and depleted fishing grounds are just a few of the major headaches facing vessel owners and operators.
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Countering soaring fuel costs
With increasing fuel costs, vessel fuel efficiency is something that really needs to be considered. Fuel is a necessary ‘evil’ and is an essential commodity required to do the job.
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New bunker facility in Faroe Islands
O.W. Icebunker Ltd. A/S (OWI), part of the O.W. Bunker Group has announced the establishment of a new tank storage facility in the North Atlantic.
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Frydenbø opens Bergen sales office
Frydenbø Power is establishing a sales and service office in Bergen, in order to strengthen its services to customers in the marine industry along the western coast of Norway.
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NewsCenturion Del Atlantico returns to southern hemisphere
MAN Diesel PrimeServ’s Service Center in Frederikshavn, Denmark, has successfully completed a large main engine repair and overhaul job aboard the Argentine fishing factory trawler Centurion Del Atlantico.
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NewsIQ freezing capacity boosted at Akranes factory
HB Grandi has signed a contract with Skaginn to supply an IQ freezing system for the company’s processing plant in Akranes, which is expected to boost production of individually quick frozen products from 800kg to 2500kg per hour.
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NewsGrenco absorption refrigeration system
For the first time ever an absorption refrigeration system is to operate onboard a large fishing vessel.
