Fishing Gear – Page 11
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NewsBanana Pingers to reduce bycatch
All vessels over 12m operating in certain waters around the UK now have two months to demonstrate compliance with an existing EU regulation to reduce cetacean bycatch, effective from 1 July 2013.
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NewsSeafish runs Trawl Gear Technology Training course
During February the Gear Technology section of Seafish held three trawl gear technology courses for fishermen from England, the last to be funded within the current project, reports Mike Montgomerie, Seafish Gear Technologist.
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NewsGood fishing for ‘Bolga’
Longlining company Mustad Longline reports that things are going well for the 13m longliner ‘Bolga’.
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NewsAustralian fishermen design water sprayer to help protect seabirds
Australian fishermen operating in the South East Trawl fishery have come up with a new device to scare birds away from warp lines.
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Poly-DK becomes Nordic Rope
Danish company Poly-DK, specialist in the development of fibre-based ropes and lines for industrial, marine and offshore, has changed its name to Nordic Rope Aps.
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NewsRevolutionary doors from Polar
Polar Fishing Gear’s Poseidon Remote Controllable Trawl Doors have completed successful sea trials onboard the 70m Icelandic research vessel, Árni Fridriksson.
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NewsNew environmentally friendly wire rope
Asia One Marine has introduced its Fishcable this year, which aims to reduce pollution caused by ropes greased with petrol based or synthetic chemical greases.
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NewsNew generation of multibeam sonars from WASSP
Multibeam sonar manufacturer WASSP Ltd has announced details of the company’s latest range of multibeam sonar’s, now for all commercial applications.
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NewsMustad’s latest line hauler
Mustad Longline has released a new hauling solution - the SuperHauler H3200, which replaces the H3000.
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NewsCase study: María dels Angels doubles catches
Spanish trawler María dels Angels has been using Notus’s trawl monitoring system over the last two years and has learned a lot about his gear and how to double catch rates in some areas.
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NewsNew fishing rope development centre opens
Rope manufacturer Bridon has invested £5m in the recently-launched Bridon Technology Centre (BTC), built for the development of fishing ropes.
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NewsNew Chilean fisheries laws
Chile has established a set of new fisheries laws protecting underwater sea mountains, limiting bycatch and setting science based quotas, protecting 150,000km² of marine habitat.
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NewsIndustry gathers at launch of rope factory
Industry leaders from companies including Heerema, NOV, and Certex assembled in Northern England at the end of November to watch UK business minister Michael Fallon open a facility that will manufacture the world’s largest ropes.
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NewsMARELEC presents new trawl control
Belgian company MARELEC is presenting its latest trawl control system, MARELEC D.
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NewsNotus celebrates 20th anniversary
Incorporated in Newfoundland in 1992 by Brad Henderson, Notus Electronics Ltd is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
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NewsIbecisa delivers winches to Trident Seafoods
Ibercisa has delivered two winches to North American company Trident Seafoods for installation onboard the Kodiak Enterprise.
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NewsHovercran helps reduce bycatch
In cooperation with the Belgian Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), MARELEC has successfully designed and installed its HV1 ‘Hovercran’ electronic fishing gear on multiple shrimp beam trawlers.
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NewsNew ‘Afognak Strait’ longliner for Alaska
Kevin O’Leary and his vessel partner, Walter Sargent, have taken delivery of their new longliner.
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NewsTechnicold selected for longliner
Technicold by Northern Lights has been selected to supply the cooling and heating system on the environmentally friendly longliner Northern Leader.
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NewsIndian vessel saved by rope made with Dyneema®
Indian company Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd, a household name in the Indian fishing community through its close bond with fishermen, has recently introduced Plateena rope, produced with Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™.
