Latest News – Page 847
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NewsSecond Deepchill™ for The Plitt Company
In January 2006, Sunwell delivered a Deepchill™ Variable-State Ice System to The Plitt Company of Chicago.
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NewsDSI frozen block handling
According to plate freezer manufacturer DSI there is an increased focus on the working environment onboard fishing vessels around the world.
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Record investment package for Irish seafood industry
An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern T.D., along with Minister Noel Dempsey T.D. and Minister of State John Browne T.D., launched the Irish Government’s new National Seafood Strategy at a press conference on 28 January.
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£8.6 million investment in Brixham regeneration
Major funding is protecting the future of the fishing industry in the historic Devon port of Brixham and starting regeneration in the town.
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Bush Administration announces $140m for clean ocean priorities
The Bush Administration announced on 26 January major budget increases totalling more than $140 million to support coastal and marine conservation efforts in Fiscal Year 2008, and released the administration''s Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy.
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New Zealand: New surface longline restrictions in place
Minister of Fisheries Jim Anderton announced on 26 January that he is placing restrictions on the use of surface longlines in order to address threats to albatross and other seabirds (see World Fishing News 7 December 2006).
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NewsTuna meeting outcome
Member states and organisers of five regional tuna management bodies agreed to share lists of illegal fishing fleets and to implement catch-tracking programmes in an action plan adopted in Kobe, Japan, at the end of the five-day international meeting.
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Smallest slurry ice machine available
Crytec, has announced that in Q1 2007 it will commence marketing its newest product – the CR001.CR001 is actually half the size of the current smallest dimension model, CR004, and is compatible for installations in small fishing boats with limited generator capacity and other applications requiring a small system foot ...
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Flake ice at sea
Trawler owners are full of praise for their Geneglace seawater onboard machines. By producing ice onboard they make considerable cost and time savings.
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EU and IOC partnership to fight illegal fishing
The European Commission and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) have entered into a partnership to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries in the region.
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Sæplast and Tempra factories to be renamed 1 Feb
On 1 February 2007, the names Sæplast Dalvík and Tempra will become Promens Dalvík and Promens Tempra.
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Data logger found at the bottom of the Atlantic – in full working condition
A Tinytag data logger, manufactured by Gemini, has been found in full working condition, a year and a half after it was lost in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Grieg purchases Target Marine’s salmon farming sites and fish plant
Salmon farming company Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. has purchased the Target Marine Group of Companies’ salmon farming sites on Canada’s Sunshine Coast and its processing facility in Egmont.
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EMS to restructure 1 Feb
TESMA, Stromme and Polaris are joining forces as of 1 February 2007, under the Eitzen Marine Services (EMS) platform.
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Irish illegal catch payback deal
Irish Ministers Noel Dempsey and John Browne welcomed the successful conclusion to a Management Committee meeting in Brussels on 23 January, which agreed to a proposal from the European Commission for partial paybacks by Ireland over a six year period for Mackerel illegally landed by large Irish trawlers into Scotland ...
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Canada gives $30m to salmon conservation
Canada’s Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) was presented with a cheque on 23 January for $30 million by Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister Responsible for New Brunswick, the Honorable Greg Thompson, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
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Transas supplies two simulators for fishing schools in Indonesia
Transas distributor PT Multi Integra has announced the supply of a simulator with fishing functionality for Ambon Fishing School and another simulator for Dumai Fishing School, both in Indonesia.
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MSC asks: what is sustainable fishing?
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), as part of its ‘Quality and Consistency’ project is inviting public comment on the definition of sustainable fishing.
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Have your say on the Cod Recovery Programme
The North Sea and North Western Waters Regional Advisory Councils are organising a Cod Symposium where fishermen, environmentalists, scientist and consumers are being urged to give their views on the Cod Recovery Programme.
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WWF: Manage tuna or lose it!
WWF has issued yet another warning that tuna stocks are rapidly disappearing, this time ahead of a tuna management organisations’ meeting.
