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Optimar Iceland holds orders for 21 units
Following a relatively slow 2005, Iceland’s Optim-Ice has an excellent order book that includes two brand new machines that have more capacity than any machine produced previously.
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Triteq tracking of fishing fleets
Triteq Ltd has designed a secure vessel monitoring system, which assists global asset management and monitoring of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) by tracking fishing fleets at sea.
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Iridum and McMurdo join forces for alerting system
Iridium Satellite has signed a manufacturer agreement with the British marine electronics firm, McMurdo Ltd. to incorporate Iridium''s new, low-cost 9601 Short-Burst Data (SBD) Transceiver into a new man-overboard and automatic vessel reporting system.
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New systems from Koden
Koden Electronics’ 8-inch color LCD plotter sounder CVG-80 has been well received since its introduction in the summer of 2005.
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Vingtor 60 years on
Integrated communication solutions specialist Zenitel is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its well respected Vingtor integrated marine communications brand.
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“I must go down to the sea again..”
Diversification of fishing ports into a range of marine-linked businesses has been a regular theme in World Fishing’s reporting over the last five years. But it is only when you meet a firebrand such as Mike Leece that you realise that converting port sheds or trying to promote new landside ...
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France - Part 1
French industry under threat - Dwindling marine catches, intense global competition and encroaching European Union restrictions has plunged the French fishing industry into disarray.
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The meaning of sustainability - Part 1
Environmentalists and fishermen rarely agree on anything. It’s a pity because conventional logic would say that, fundamentally, environmentalists and fishing people should stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a common cause for maintaining resources – sustainability – while blending that with their sensible usage. Unfortunately, all too often there is controversy between the ...
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Tromsø to host third Open SEAFOODplus Conference
With a plenary session divided into four themes, and one day devoted to three parallel symposia, the third Open Seafoodplus conference on 30 and 31 May in Tromsø, Norway, comes as a package of new information delivered in a fresh format.
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Shrimp IMS launched in Ecuador
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Aqua Bounty Technologies, a biotechnology company focused on health and productivity applications in the fast-growing aquaculture sector, has received regulatory approval for Shrimp IMS, its lead product, in Ecuador.
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Norway’s King Harald to open Nor-Fishing 2006
HM King Harald will undertake the official opening of Nor-Fishing 2006 on Tuesday 8 August in Trondheim. He previously opened the 1996 event, and also officially opened Aqua Nor 2003.
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Marel acquires AEW Thurne and Delford Sortaweigh
Marel hf, one of the world’s leading developers of high-tech food processing equipment, has announced its acquisition of UK-based AEW Thurne (AEW) and Delford Sortaweigh (Delford) from the AEW Delford Group Ltd.
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African countries on the issue of whaling
According to the Japan Fisheries Association (JFA), African countries are now asking equal opportunity to participate in the discussions of the International Whaling Commission.
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Wärtsilä power for Belize shrimp farming
Wärtsilä Corporation was awarded an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract in December 2005 for the delivery of a 23.6 MWe combined heat and power plant to Belize Aquaculture Ltd. for a shrimp farm and associated processing plant in Belize, Central America. The contract is valued at approximately $19 million.
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Two fisheries apply for MSC re-assessment
The Burry Inlet cockles and South West mackerel handline fisheries have separately announced they are seeking re-assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-label programme for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.
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Baltic Sea Regional Advisory Council formed
In the middle of March the Baltic Sea Regional Advisory Council (BS-RAC) was officially founded.
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Marel processing system achieves 20% throughput growth at north Iceland plant
Leading international fish catching and processing company Samherji hf, of Dalvík in northern Iceland, has a long-standing and successful partnership with Marel. This collaboration has produced innovative development of a range of seafood-processing technologies.
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Craemer’s boxes – the fisherman’s friend
Craemer Plastics Materials Handling will be displaying their successfully established and proven fish boxes at Fishing 2006.
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Seafood exposition
Seafood Processing Europe (SPE) is the global shopping site for seafood industry professionals bringing together the equipment, processes, services, and technology suppliers that get seafood from dock to market.
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Rapp Hydema’s new motor and gearbox for electric winches
According to Norwegian company Rapp Hydema AS, an exhibitor at Bergen, the motors used to power today’s winches are oversized, overweight, and old technology. Recognising this, the company has researched other ways to manufacture these electric motors.
