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Viking recalls RescYouTM life rafts
Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S is recalling its RescYouTM life rafts, after being informed that there are potential problems with the pressure relief valves.
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NewsSearch and rescue boost for Atlantic and Indian Oceans
Another gap in the effective search and rescue coverage along the coast of Africa and out into the Indian and Atlantic Oceans was filled in January with the inauguration of a new Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town, South Africa.
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NewsWWF’s International Smart Gear Competition
The third annual WWF International Smart Gear Competition, launched in early February, is seeking new designs for fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch – the accidental catch and related deaths of marine mammals, birds, sea turtles and fish species in fishing gear.
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ASDA casts out old fishing hooks
UK supermarket ASDA has teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and fishermen in Sri Lanka in a bid to save thousands of endangered marine turtles that are accidentally snagged by longline fishing hooks each year.
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Cornish handline mackerel re-certified
The South West mackerel handline fishery in Cornwall has achieved re-certification to the MSC’s environmental standard as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. As a result, it can continue to label its catch with the internationally recognised blue MSC eco-label.
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NewsMarport announces Trawl Explorer G2
Marport, a leading subsea acoustics technology company, has announced availability of its second generation digital net sounder.
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NewsNew line thrower L-75
Although the main business of Vónin Ltd. is trawl, the company sees the importance in providing vessels with products that increase efficiency and safety onboard vessels.
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Simrad SP90 software upgrade
The popular Simrad SP90 fish finding sonar has been upgraded. A new software package offering new functionality is available from Simrad dealers around the world.
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NewsPair trawling in Scotland
Pair trawling is becoming more popular in Northern Europe, with over 25 vessels pair trawling in the Faeroes. Many of these have chosen Scantrol’s iSYM PairLink to control and monitor the trawl winches.
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HB Grandi forms new company
Icelandic company HB Grandi hf., the company with the largest quota in the oceans around Iceland, has announced that it is to form a daughter company, Atlantic Pelagic B.V., in The Netherlands.
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NewsLeading in a competitive sea
Euronete says that it''s commitment to the fishing industry is “Leading in a competitive Sea” and, due to this commitment, the company is continuing to develop new products and improve the present product range.
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NewsNew fishmeal and fish oil factory for Killybegs
United Fish Industries Killybegs (UFI) recently announced that Donegal County Council has granted planning permission for the construction of a new €50m fishmeal and fish oil manufacturing facility at the Fishery Harbour Centre, Killybegs, Co. Donegal.
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NewsIndonesia
Government to support fish processing industry expansion - Indonesia’s fish processing industry is expected to receive an important boost from new regulations the government is due to introduce, requiring all fish caught by foreign vessels fishing in the country’s territorial waters to be landed and processed in Indonesia.
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Icelandic seafood sector report
The main factors determining the performance of Icelandic fisheries have been identified as: Price of seafood products Growth of major fish stocks Oil prices Development of wages and other costs Political involvement and possible changes in the fisheries management systemMain findingsExternal conditions are favourable for Icelandic seafood companies. Rising product ...
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Greenpeace and fish trade liberalisation
According to Greenpeace (GP), powers in the World Trade Organization (WT) are trying to significantly reduce and perhaps even eliminate tariffs on international fish trade. Their rationale is that further liberalisation of fish trade is both important and beneficial to developing countries. But GP disagrees.In a recently published paper “Trading ...
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NewsPescanova to build world's largest turbot factory
Pescanova S.A. will invest €140 million to build a factory to farm and process more than 7,000t of turbot per year in Portugal.
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45% reduction proposed for Ireland
Up to half of the 23 strong Irish pelagic fleet may have to find fishing opportunities outside the EU as indicated in a new government report published on 28 January.
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Sæplast and Tempra factories renamed
On 1 February 2007, the names Sæplast Dalvík and Tempra became Promens Dalvík and Promens Tempra.
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Fish Pool gets investment from IMAREX NOS
Fish Pool ASA, Norway''s only operational market for financial salmon contracts, on 27 February announced that IMAREX NOS ASA is making a strategic investment in Fish Pool ASA, with the aim of helping to build a liquid international market for seafood derivatives.
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Breaking new ground to bring our seas back to life
A pioneering project is being launched in the South West during spring 2007 to breathe new life into the coasts and seas around Cornwall, Devon and Dorset - a region where the sea is central to communities and the economy.
