Fishing Gear – Page 13
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NewsLongline device wins 2011 Smart Gear Competition
Japan’s Kazuhiro Yamazaki won the WWF 2011 International Smart Gear Competition with his Yamazaki Double-Weight Branchline.
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NewsSmart Gear 2011 winners announced
WWF has announced the grand prize winner and the two runners-up of the 2011 International Smart Gear competition.
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NewsMorgère introduces new doors
Morgère is introducing a new design of three foil trawl doors - the VO3 and PV3, which are bottom doors, and the SPF, a semi-pelagic door.
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NewsNew Vónin pelagic multi-trawl
In June this year, Vónin delivered a new 2,048m pelagic trawl to M/V Jupiter FD42, for mackerel surface pair trawling.
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NewsLobster trawl lets cod escape
A new selective trawl is being used by fishermen catching Norway lobster in the Kattegat.
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NewsSeafish using Flume Tank for trawl gear training
The UK’s Seafish is committed to providing trawl gear technology training for UK fishermen, and, with assistance from European funding, the organisation runs trawl gear technology training courses at the Flume Tank in the North Sea Centre in Hirtshals, Denmark, which is operated by the Norwegian Institute SINTEF.
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NewsSri Lanka to receive $300m for longline fleet
Sri Lanka has received the assistance of three nations to expand its tuna fishing industry, reports Chandani Jayatilleke.
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NewsFaster longline sinking
Haesung Enterprise Co., Ltd says that longline caught fish can be worth more than fish caught by other methods, however, despite this advantage, the fishing gear style should vary depending on target and depth.
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More focus on fishery research?
Scanmar looks at the need for more research in the fishing industry.
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NewsStar-Oddi’s new Fish Selector
Iceland’s Star-Oddi has developed the Fish Selector, which automatically separates fish while still in the trawl.
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By-catch mitigation with DDD®03 and DiD®01
The DDD and the DiD have been designed by STM Products SrL to limit the interactions between marine mammals and fishing nets.
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Euronete acquires Le Drezen
Royal Lankhorst Euronete Group and the Le Brun brothers have come to an agreement for the former to acquire the brother’s company – Group Le Drezen in Guilvinec, France.
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NewsMAN L27/38 for new Cattleya
Esbjerg-based Danish owner Flemming Pedersen has ordered a replacement for his 2006-trawler, scheduled for delivery in 2012.
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MAQ sonar’s story
In the early 1970’s the fishing industry was first introduced to Omni directional fishing sonars, designed to detect and track large schools of herring.
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Pair-trawling for monkfish
Late last year Vónin supplied monkfish trawls to an undisclosed foreign fishing company.
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NewsEco-friendly alternative to bottom trawling for India
The trawling industry in India tends to be shrimp-oriented, due to its economic importance and export value.
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NewsWärtsilä to design and equip new vessel for Liegruppen
Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Liegruppen AS for the delivery of design and propulsion equipment for a new combined purse seiner/trawler.
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NewsLonglining success
Press coverage mentioning longlining does tend to focus on the negatives – mainly on the issue of bycatch. However, a couple of recent stories are showing longlining in a more positive light.
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NewsPurse seine alignment from Notus
Notus’ Seinemaster has been providing critical information on depth, sink rate and temperature for many years, and now major improvements in the system have been made to provide additional, critical information to purse seiners.
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NewsOrders coming in for Polar Fishing Gear
Polar Fishing Gear of Iceland has recently introduced its new ‘Hercules’ trawl doors - a low aspect version of it semi-pelagic ‘Mercury’ trawl doors suitable for bottom and ‘off the seabed’ fishing.
