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Report calls for fisheries closure
UK fishermen suffered another setback last month when a new report called for a third of UK waters to become marine reserves closed to all commercial fishing.
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ICCAT adopts U.S. proposal for Shark Finning Ban
Sixty-three countries unanimously adopted historic and unprecedented protective measures for Atlantic sharks during the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Led by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States delegation pushed for and won a consensus agreement. The meeting concluded Sunday ...
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Fuel prices must come down
The Australian Seafood Industry Council (ASIC) has thrown its weight behind a new campaign to cut the price of fuel across Australia.
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Marine Propulsion Conference 2005
SINAVAL-EUROFISHING is to host the 27th Marine Propulsion Conference on January 27-28 2005. Organisers of the event, which is run by UK-based maritime technology journal The Motor Ship, have announced that it will be chaired by Tony Roskilly, Professor of Marine Engineering at the School of Marine Science and Technology, ...
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Managing the conflict alone
A missed opportunity with missing stakeholders - One of several fashionable concepts that affects fisheries management and the fishing industry in many countries is "integrated coastal zone management" (ICZM). Born as a tool to prepare nations for a possible rise in the level of the sea, it is now being ...
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Catching poachers down south
Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing on the high seas is a worldwide problem. Fisheries authorities agree that managing fish stocks on a regional basis is an important first step towards curbing it.The fishing countries of Southern Africa have now taken that important step --- and are preparing to go ...
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Your complete guide for preparing your visit to Iceland, the exhibition and awards
The Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition has been running every three years since 1984 and has developed into one of the world''s premier fishing events. Some 13,000m2 of exhibition area inside and outside is home to nearly 800 exhibitors from over 35 countries during the four day show. Iceland is in the ...
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The flying monster
Morgère France say their aeroplane is the most popular of their mid-water trawls and it has been in use for 14 years since they designed it with the French National Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer). Now they have boosted its capacity.
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Egersund Trål AS helps to reduce fuel costs
Egersund Trål AS from Norway says that it has been able to get the average fuel cost down as much as 15 per cent and improved the catch rate for large vessels using 20 tonnes of fuel a day during the trawling season. This reduction is due to a new ...
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Euronete introduces new combination rope
After one year of developments, Royal Lankhorst Euronete Group has just launched Blue Fin Combination Rope, a new combination rope made out of double galvanised wires and with improved Eurosteel yarns to increase the abrasion properties. The company says that the new rope has already been tested in ...
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Rocking and rolling on the bottom
Scanmar of Norway are working on a prototype for bottom sensing which they believe is so good that patents are being applied for. Part of their work has been on board Norway''s flagship research vessel the G.O. Sars and Scanmar say the scientists refused to let them take the ...
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Faster packing with TS250 MAP
AEW Delford has launched TS250 MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) Tray Sealing System.
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New tub handling system launched in Europe
The Icelandic company 3X-Stál, which specialises in technical solutions for the fish processing industry, is now promoting its new Tub handling system in the European market. This new system has been developed and tried with excellent results in some of Iceland''s largest fish processing factories. Trials using the system have ...
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New Checkbin Grader
Marel from Iceland has developed a new grading system designed to meet the growing demand for highly accurate net-weight batching and packing equipment. The new Marel CheckBin Grader is a robust, sophisticated system that uses intelligent grading to produce accurate batches for packing.
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Excess weight solution
Danish company Scanvaegt says that its ScanGrader can eliminate the 3-5 per cent excess weight contained in packaged fish products. The new solution is also programmed to automate and streamline the entire production at the same time, resulting in improved quality, lower production costs and higher earnings.
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Cabinplant develops roe seperator for shrimps
Cabinplant has developed a new machine, a so-called roe separator, to solve a seasonal problem faced by producers of cold-water shrimps. Using this roe separator, it is no longer necessary to employ extra staff in the shrimp factory during the spring spawning period, where the quality control of the mechanically ...
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Machine needed to combat sardine waste
Too much sardine may be going down the waste chute and fisheries consultant Ulf Groenqvist, from the Island of Öland in Sweden, working for AB Seac, says the reason may be that there is no decent machine available to pre-sort the fish before the processing machines get hold of it.
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New whitefish machine
FTC Sweden is working on a new design to replace its whitefish machine FDS3N. The idea came after building in 2004 a special FDS3N for I&J in Cape Town. The purpose was to increase yield compared to its existing machines.
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New 'Deli Area' brings factory to cutting edge
A new £1.5m added-value seafood speciality production facility is now fully operational at Macrae Foods in Fraserburgh.
