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FISH EXPO '88

Boston, Massachusetts, October 12-15

One of the world's largest fishing expositions featuring the latest fish- ing gear and equipment, marine electronics, engines and boats, Fish

Expo '88, will be held at the Bayside

Exposition Center in Boston, Mass.,

October 12-15, 1988.

Sponsored by National Fisher- man Expositions, Fish Expo returns to Boston after its record-breaking showing last year in Seattle, when it drew over 24,000 marine industry representatives from over 60 coun- tries and more than 800 exhibit booths. The trade show alternates between Seattle and Boston.

This year, over 700 exhibitors from 20 countries are expected to be displaying their products to the in- ternational fishing community. Fish

Expo '88, which is being held for the 22nd time, is expected to be the largest on the East Coast in many years. The show organizers expect

Photo: The M/V Sajo Victoria, one of the first of a new class of tuna purse seiners, built by Campbell Shipyard, San Diego, Cal- if., for a Korean owner. See page 5 for details.

Photo By Jim Boyd. more than 15,000 vistors to attend the four-day event.

Among the exhibitors will be

Robertson-Shipmate, who is ex- pected to introduce its AP-45 fish- ing boat autopilot, which features a unique "work" mode designed spe- cifically for fishing use. The compa- ny will also display its award- winning AP200DL and AP-9 top-of- the-line autopilot.

In addition, the Robertson-Ship- mate SatNav/GPS integrated pack- age will be operating live. Two new

VHF radio systems, the RS8100 "cellular look" dual station VHF and the RS7100 commercial full du- plex will also be on display.

At Booth 319 at Fish Expo, Alfa-

Laval will introduce two new pieces of equipment for smaller vessels— the JWP-16-C40 freshwater distiller and an ice machine for trawlers and fishboats. The flake ice produced by the Alfa-Laval ice machine keeps the fish at an ideal temperature without freezing it.

Exhibitors from Fish Expo '87 reported that sales exceeded all their expectations. John Sackton, marketing manager for Baader

North America Corporation, said "Excellent show. Fish Expo was the best in years. We are very pleased with the quality and quantity of the attendance and with the traffic through our booths."

According to Paul Brunette, di- rector of marketing for North Amer- ican Marine Jet, Inc., Fish Expo '87 was a success. "We used the show to introduce our new TraktorJet pro- pulsion system and sold 24 units at the show amounting to over $400,000 in sales and we took 140 solid leads," he said.

As in the 1987 show, the editors of

National Fisherman have devel- oped an interesting free seminar program which focuses on issues di- rectly affecting fishermen. The sem- inars will cover the following topics: "Fisheries Enforcement," examines the problems of illegal fishing; "Fish

Farming," looks at the boom in aquaculture; "Marine Weather Ser- vice Forum," offers fishermen an opportunity to voice their recom- mendations to the 19th New Eng- land Marine Users Forum for im- proving marine weather services; "Drugs," examines the Govern- ment's Zero Tolerance program and the possibility of future drug test- ing; "Ocean dumping," the battle by fishermen and environmentalists to close various ocean dump sites which are polluting beaches and killing marine life; and "Marine

Mammals," examines the regula- tions protecting certain species.

For more information on Fish

Expo '88, contact: National Fisher- man Expositions, 5 Milk Street,

P.O. Box 7437 DTS, Portland,

Maine 04112; telephone: (207)772- 3005; or telex: 322721.

Company

FISH EXPO '88

Exhibitor List

Booth #

ACR Electronics

AGB Heighway

AP-Chem

ARY

AT&T

Aalesund Oljekledefabrikk

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