Fishing Gear – Page 13

  • News

    MAQ sonar’s story

    2011-05-19T15:57:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Pair-trawling for monkfish

    2011-05-17T11:04:00Z

    Late last year Vónin supplied monkfish trawls to an undisclosed foreign fishing company.

  • Artist’s perspective of CIFT SPTS
    News

    Eco-friendly alternative to bottom trawling for India

    2011-05-17T10:54:00Z

    The trawling industry in India tends to be shrimp-oriented, due to its economic importance and export value.

  • Illustration of Liegruppen’s new VS 6106 purse seiner/trawler
    News

    Wärtsilä to design and equip new vessel for Liegruppen

    2011-05-11T11:59:00Z

    Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Liegruppen AS for the delivery of design and propulsion equipment for a new combined purse seiner/trawler.

  • Longliner Avro Chieftain in the southern ocean
    News

    Longlining success

    2011-05-11T11:44:00Z

    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.

  • Notus’ Seinemaster
    News

    Purse seine alignment from Notus

    2011-04-20T14:30:00Z

    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.

  • The Hercules doors on Vestmannaey
    News

    Orders coming in for Polar Fishing Gear

    2011-03-09T15:58:00Z

    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.

  • News

    WASSP on display at Irish Skipper 2011

    2011-02-23T10:44:00Z

    Furuno UK will be displaying the innovative Wide Angle Sonar Seafloor Profiler (WASSP) at the upcoming Irish Skipper Expo 2011, March 4-5, Galway, Ireland.

  • The BS – 210 SB uses both a static and revolving brush
    News

    New brushing system from Beitir

    2011-02-16T15:17:00Z

    The BS – 210 SB is the latest innovation from Beitir - a powered revolving brush designed to remove even the toughest residue left on the hooks by the packaging from artificial bait.

  • Plans showing the new net handling system and built-in net bin.
    News

    Pelagic pair fitted out with new Triplex net bins

    2010-12-29T01:00:00Z

    Triplex AS has announced a contract with Larsnes Mek Verksted AS for the delivery of a newly-developed Triplex Net Handling System for a built-in net bin to the new vessels Eros and Kings Bay.

  • News

    West Coast Seafood Processors Association – looking to the future

    2010-10-14T02:00:00Z

    The US west coast trawl groundfish industry – fishermen and processors – will experience a fundamental change in management in 2011. The change to catch shares or an individual quota system will likely create some temporary confusion but may lead to innovation and increased value-adding options for processors in subsequent ...

  • Fluid Controls has acquired a new CNC lathe.
    News

    Fluid pumps to Scandinavia and beyond

    2010-09-10T01:01:00Z

    This year is proving to be yet another busy year for Fluid Controls, with significant sales of fish pumps to Chile, Norway, Iceland and Denmark.

  • News

    New Puffin hook from Beko-Dimon

    2010-09-06T09:15:00Z

    The new Puffin brand of stainless steel fishing hooks and accessories has both surprised and challenged many people in the commercial fishing industry, the manufacturer Beko-Dimon told WF.

  • Funz San’s 60-tonne trawl winch.
    News

    Large order book for Taiwan winch manufacturer

    2010-08-24T01:00:00Z

    Funz San Industry is currently working on a project that includes two slipway winches with a capability of 150T@5m/min and two slipway winches with capability of 60T@5m/min. These winches are for a shipyard in the Philippines.

  • Vladivostok docked in the Port of Vladivostok, Russia. Built in 1992 in the shipbuilding plant in Nikolaev, Ukraine, it is today one of the most modern and highest producers in the Russian catcher processor fleet thanks in part to the Wesmar trawl sonar.
    News

    Wesmar trawl increases Vladivostok catch by 70%

    2010-08-20T01:00:00Z

    The installation of the Wesmar TCS780 trawl system on board the 105m catcher/processor Vladivostok has been hailed a big success.

  • Dyrkorn has taken on Jens Nergaard to manage the new Båtsfjord depot.
    News

    Dyrkorn opens Båtsfjord depot

    2010-08-19T01:00:00Z

    Dyrkorn has opened a new depot in the north Norway port of Båtsfjord to bring its services closer to the area where most of the country’s longlining activity takes place.

  • Mustad’s new senior project manager, Arne Tennøy.
    News

    New senior project manager for Mustad Longline

    2010-08-17T01:00:00Z

    After a period of organisational changes and downsizing Mustad Longline has hired a new senior project manager. The appointee, Arne Tennøy will join the company’s sales office in Aalesund, Norway.

  • News

    Trawl camera to optimise sustainable fishing

    2010-08-13T22:42:00Z

    JT Electric’s new underwater HD digital camera is an effective tool in reducing the capture of prohibited species in harsh environments, the Faroe Islands-based manufacturer has said.

  • The new Distance sensors have the same shape as the existing DoorAngle sensors. They fit into the same door mounting kits. The small picture shows the new sensor mounting kit together with the old type.
    News

    New Distance sensors – long working time, fast and simple charging

    2010-08-13T16:57:00Z

    New technology, when it comes to sensor construction, battery technology and charging technology, has made it possible to develop distance sensors that can be programmed precisely to suit different conditions, and to create solutions that eliminate laborious operations, according to Scanmar.

  • News

    International visitors to Fishing 2010 a key attraction for KT Nets

    2010-04-05T20:51:00Z

    Irish pelagic trawl manufacturer KT Nets says it will be exhibiting again at this year’s Fishing 2010 exhibition in Glasgow because of the strong visitor presence from overseas.