Fishing Gear – Page 18
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News"Örfirisey" refit expected to reduce fuel costs
HB Grandi''s freezer trawler "Örfirisey" is expected to be able to operate more economically following its recent extensive refit. A major part of the refit is the third trawl winch, allowing two trawls to be towed side-by-side.
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NewsAlbatross Task Force doubles
Fighting to save the albatross from extinction, the RSPB and BirdLife International are to double the number of countries in which they work.
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NewsLonglining in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Two longline vessels were inspected and licensed to fish for Toothfish in the South Sandwich Islands in April. Inspection and licensing was carried out in Cumberland Bay, before the ships sailed on to area 48.4, to the north of the South Sandwich Islands, to fish.
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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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NewsWireless FishMeter in demand by research institutes
Scantrol has received its first orders for the new wireless FishMeter and is ready to deliver.
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NewsIncreasing efficiency in pelagic/semi-pelagic trawling
Scanmar shares its trawling experience with World Fishing and gives advice on how to increase efficiency.
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News5 sets of doors for Iceland
Thyborøn Trawldoors has recently announced that five sets of Thyboron doors type 9 and type 12 are ready to go to Iceland for the following companies: Brim HF, Sildarvinnslan HF, Thorbjorn and Fisk Seafood HF.
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The Nature Conservancy and trawl fisherman partner to pilot new conservation tool
In October last year, The Nature Conservancy announced the launch of the organisation’s first Conservation Fishing Agreement. The Agreement between a central coast fisherman and the Conservancy is aimed at helping sustain fisheries, protect California’s marine resources and support fishing communities.
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NewsShetland sea trials investigate potential benefits of the ‘T90’ trawl
The first set of UK sea trials to assess the potential benefits of using ‘turned mesh’ or ‘T90’ netting has just been completed by Seafish, with encouraging results.
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North Sea: 450t in 10 weeks
Bob Mainprize, skipper and owner of the "Maggie M", a trawler fishing in the North Sea, installed a Notus trawl monitoring system to monitor his single and twin rig gear over two years ago.
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New trawler for argentine owner
The port of Mar del Plata, located about 400 km south of Buenos Aires, has a long history as a centre for commercial fishing.
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NewsPolar hydro-wing series
The new series of Polar trawl doors, the hydro-wing design constructed in double compartment body giving greater spreading force with less resistance, has had an exceptional response from the market, according to Polar Doors.
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NewsNew creel launched at Fishing 2007
Fishing 2007 saw the launch of a brand new type of creel, invented and designed by Scottish firm Stornoway Plastics. According to the company, the creel is a major technological step forward in creel manufacture and fishing.
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NewsDoubling the battery life of net monitoring systems
After months of testing, Notus has released a long life battery and intelligent charger for its Trawlmaster and Seinemaster net monitoring systems. Sensors will now be powered by a high end NiMH battery cell. Recharging these batteries is an intelligent fast charger.
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New mesh measurement rules in the Northeast
NOAA (the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has amended the regulations governing how fishing net mesh size is measured in the Northeast.
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NewsEnvironmental benefits from Seafish prawn trawl
According to Seafish, a new type of prawn trawl developed by the organisation is offering significant environmental benefits, by producing a higher quality prawn catch whilst reducing the fish bycatch.
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NewsNew hauling system improves efficiency in longlining
Associate Professor Roger B. Larsen from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsö updates World Fishing on the College’s latest hauling system.
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NewsFish escape device is one out of the box
A new device known as the ‘fishbox’ has shown promising results in reducing the catch of unwanted fish from prawn trawl nets in one of Australia’s largest prawn trawl fisheries.
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New trawls add business value
With design, development and production facilities and repair workshops in the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Newfoundland, Vónin® offers products and services for trawlers and purse seiners of every type, as well as for the fish farming industry.
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Success for new longline hauling system
Researchers at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science have seen encouraging results from a new hauling system used in longline fishing.
