Fishing Gear – Page 17
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News'Net losses' for South African seabirds
A study of trawl fishing in South Africa suggests that around 18,000 seabirds may be killed annually in this fishery, highlighting trawl fisheries as a major threat to seabirds, especially several species of albatross already facing a risk of extinction.
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Xstream technology - reduced turbulence
Over the last 18 months Hampidjan has been carrying out a great deal of development work on the company’s Poly Ice trawl doors.
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Triple the catch with SuperSquall
In 2006, according to an order by Murmansk Trawl Fleet, Fishering Service constructed and commissioned the ''SuperSquall'' mid-water trawl for the blue whiting fishery.
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NewsLine fishers catching fewer...birds
Safeguards introduced in recent years to protect seabirds from longline fishing activities are successfully reducing the number of accidental bird kills, and experts are now calling for similar measures to be used in other forms of industrial fishing in areas where seabirds are at greatest risk.
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NewsDecisions based on facts
An optimal trawling process is always dependent on the quality and the quantity of information provided to the decision maker.
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New way of mounting gillnets
A new way of mounted gillnets has been invented by Icelandic company Neptunas.
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NOAA names trawl gear for fisherman involved in its invention
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has named a fishing trawl recently approved for use in the Northeast for its co-inventor, Phil Ruhle. The Rhode Island commercial fisherman was lost at sea in July when his vessel sank off the New Jersey coast.
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NewsNew ATW-CatchControl system
Naust Marine will be promoting its ATW-CatchControl system at Icefish 2008, marketing manager, Helgi Kristjánsson tells World Fishing.
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Traditional equipment on display
Isfell will be showing traditional equipment at Icefish 2008, explains managing director, Hólmsteinn Björnsson.
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Marport announces trawl geometry system
Marport Canada Inc has announced its new trawl geometry system. TrueTrawl™ is a wireless monitoring system designed to improve trawl geometry in pelagic and bottom trawling operations.
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NewsHawaii longline logbook summary report
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Part of NOAA''s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has released a report of the fish catch and fishing effort of Hawaii-based longline vessels during the first quarter of 2008. World Fishing looks at the data.
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Norma Mary and Vidir back from last fishing trip
Two of Samherji''s oldest ships have now sailed their last fishing trip after a long and successful career with the Samherji group.
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Vónin merges with RFG
At the beginning of July Vónin Ltd of the Faroe Islands and Refa Frøystad Group Ltd (RFG) of Norway signed an agreement to merge the companies under one holding company called VÓN Ltd.
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NewsNew trawl door orders
Thyborøn Trawldoors is supplying one set of 37" type 11 doors of 0.69m2 for Aslan.
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NewsBering Sea closed to bottom trawling
The National Marine Fisheries Service recently announced that nearly 180,000m2 of the Bering Sea will be closed to bottom trawling to protect important seafloor habitats and marine life, effective from August 25 2008.
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NewsIsle of Man hydrodredge sea trials complete
Sea trials to test a low impact ‘hydrodredge’ which uses a cup arrangement instead of scallop teeth to extract shellfish from the sea bed were completed last year by researchers at School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales, and a report of their findings has now been published.
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New LED DriftLight
Gilnetters and other fishermen who work with floats and buoys are often searching for a suitable blinking or steady light to attach to a pole or float.
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HB Grandi: Good pair trawling results
"We are pleased with the results and the experience of pair trawling has worked out well in my opinion," says skipper Albert Sveinsson of pelagic trawler Faxi RE.
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Cosmos to showcase 'light version shrimp gear package'
Cosmos Trawl A/S will be using Nor-Fishing to showcase the latest developments the company has made to make its gear more fuel efficient for its shrimp customers in Norway.
