Fishing Gear – Page 18
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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.
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NewsWWF’s International Smart Gear Competition
The third annual WWF International Smart Gear Competition, launched in early February, is seeking new designs for fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch – the accidental catch and related deaths of marine mammals, birds, sea turtles and fish species in fishing gear.
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ASDA casts out old fishing hooks
UK supermarket ASDA has teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and fishermen in Sri Lanka in a bid to save thousands of endangered marine turtles that are accidentally snagged by longline fishing hooks each year.
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NewsMarport announces Trawl Explorer G2
Marport, a leading subsea acoustics technology company, has announced availability of its second generation digital net sounder.
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NewsNew line thrower L-75
Although the main business of Vónin Ltd. is trawl, the company sees the importance in providing vessels with products that increase efficiency and safety onboard vessels.
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NewsPair trawling in Scotland
Pair trawling is becoming more popular in Northern Europe, with over 25 vessels pair trawling in the Faeroes. Many of these have chosen Scantrol’s iSYM PairLink to control and monitor the trawl winches.
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HB Grandi forms new company
Icelandic company HB Grandi hf., the company with the largest quota in the oceans around Iceland, has announced that it is to form a daughter company, Atlantic Pelagic B.V., in The Netherlands.
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NewsLeading in a competitive sea
Euronete says that it''s commitment to the fishing industry is “Leading in a competitive Sea” and, due to this commitment, the company is continuing to develop new products and improve the present product range.
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NewsHigh visibility fishing rainwear
One of the best known names in the supply of clothing to the fishing industry is Stormline-Leda Corporation. Stormline is based in Invercargill the Southernmost City of New Zealand’s South Island, close to the major fishing port of Bluff.
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Neptune doors in Gulf shrimp fishing
During the last year, Western Seafood Company, Inc., through its subsidiary Marine & Industrial Specialities (MIS), has been trialling fishing gear with the aim of reducing fuel consumption and increasing operational efficiency, and Polar Fishing Gear was involved in the trawl doors project where several types of trawl doors were ...
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NewsWarning for beam trawlers after Belgian tragedy
The latest report to be published, in November 2006, by the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) concerns the loss of a beam trawler through snagging of its trawl gear.
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Netmark’s latest development
Since Netmark A/S opened its production plant in Lithuania in 2003, the company has gone from strength to strength.
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Introducing the ‘Cosmos 3000’
Danish shrimp trawl specialist Cosmos Trawl A/S is increasing it’s efforts to ease the difficulties faced by the cold water shrimping market by introducing the Cosmos 3000 – a new ground fish trawl.
