Fishing Gear – Page 17
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NewsUS fisheries act to protect Arctic
Audubon Alaska, the state office of the National Audubon Society (BirdLife in the US), has welcomed the decision of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) to prevent the expansion of industrial fishing into all US waters north of the Bering Strait for the foreseeable future.
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NewsNesNet spreads fishing gear skills
NesNet is a new company run by Lárus Thór Pálmason, a netmaker and fishing gear technology lecturer at the Fjölbrautaskóli Sudurnesja (FS) college in Iceland.
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NewsquicKutterTM - approved by fishermen
Four years after its invention, the quicKutter rope cutter has been approved by fishermen.
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NewsSimrad receives historic trawl system order
The Simrad office in Spain has received a record order for 118 ITI systems.
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NewsCase study: The Dyneema® experience
When it comes to trawling, especially for shrimp, Mexico plays an important global role as a major player in the market.
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NewsSuper Height Trawl = 'green' fishing
Demersal species tend to come off the seabed frequently and when this happens it is hard to catch the fish with traditional ground trawls because they do not have enough height.
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NewsThe Dyneema Soft Shackle
POLY-DK says that is has been very busy since introducing the Soft Shackle at the latest DanFish exhibition.
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NewsMore gill nets with floatlines
New technology is opening the way for faster and easier handling of large gill nets, by using floatlines, says Danish company Fischernet.
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NewsScallop dredge sea trials show cost savings
Sea trials to test the use of more cost effective materials and components in Queen Scallop dredges have shown cost savings and positive environmental benefits in reducing seabed impact, leaving less sand in the dredge, much cleaner queens and a reduction in the King Scallop bycatch.
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Global competition seeks to net smartest hook, line and sinker
A $US 57,500 prize fund is on offer for the best new fishing gears designed to reduce bycatch in the fourth International Smart Gear Competition, launched by WWF.
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Trawlers switch to Dyneema® D-Netting
Dutch netting and rope producer, Van Beelen BV, began this year with a large increase in demand for its Dyneema® D-Netting, thanks to successful trial results from New Zealand customer, Motueka Nets, last year.
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NewsBrazil pledges to help save seabirds
Brazil has recently formally ratified a major global seabird treaty.
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NewsSecond West Coast longliner installs WESMAR stabilizers
Captain Rodney McVicker is the second West Coast longliner to install WESMAR stabilizers and as a result, he reports more steady and plentiful fishing.
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Saving time and money
According to fishermen, the Oilwind''s new AutoLine System makes work easier and saves a lot of time and money.
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Focus on trawl geometry and save on the fuel bill
Scanmar has always focused on developing equipment that will help fishermen increase efficiency, save costs, prevent damage to the gear and reduce wear and tear.
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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.
