Fishing Gear – Page 22
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Rocking and rolling on the bottom
Scanmar of Norway are working on a prototype for bottom sensing which they believe is so good that patents are being applied for. Part of their work has been on board Norway''s flagship research vessel the G.O. Sars and Scanmar say the scientists refused to let them take the ...
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Kiwis help seabirds through French connection
Money has been put up for New Zealander Malcolm McNeill and Jakob Hals from Norway to go to La Réunion in the Indian Ocean to work with French longline fishermen on techniques to reduce the number of seabirds killed by hooks in the Southern Ocean.
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NZ - changing vessels changing minds
Stark Bros Ltd and Ocean Fisheries Ltd have launched their new FV Frontier and they say the build period which took 19 months has been an exciting time for them. More important, they say they believe the FV Frontier will revolutionise the mindset for small-boat fishing in New Zealand. It ...
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NZ boat chooses Swedish system
Pacific Explorer is a commercial trawler owned by Forty South Ltd in Napier NZ.
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Volvo Penta engines in high-speed fishing boats
The fishing industry in Iceland is changing and the demand for high speed fishing boats is growing. Volvo Penta''s D12-650 engine provides these boats with ideal features for small-scale fishing: rapid acceleration, high top speed and high fuel efficiency.
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New trawler for Shetlands
The Norwegian shipyard Solstrand completed and delivered its latest building, the MFV Altaire, to her Scottish owner Altaire Fishing Company, from the Shetland Islands, last month. The ownership of Altaire is shared by seven people but only two of them, John Peter Duncan and Jerry Ramsay, will be going ...
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Vonin completes a trawl for Holland
The 120 metre long Dutch factory trawler Frank Bonifaas SCH 72 took onboard a new Herring -- Bluewhiting trawl this summer, after mounting a new crane on deck.
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Good reports for Sapphire
Garware Wall Ropes has had some impressive feedback from customers using its new Sapphire rope. "I pull a four barrel (two trawls from each side of the boat). We rigged the Port side with Sapphire and the Star board with traditional nylon. The auto-pilot tacked 2-3 degrees correction, constantly for ...
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Sustainability, what does it mean? What should it mean? And what they want us to believe!
Dear readers, A lot has been said, and much more heard, on the subject of sustainability lately. Politicians, scientists and stakeholders are becoming more and more aware about the importance of responsible fishing. Keeping the stocks healthy, at sustainable levels, is a sine qua non condition in any fishing policy ...
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New longline system to increase quality and profits
The Norwegian company Delitek was awarded with the Nor-Fishing Innovation Prize for developing an automatic longline hauler system (ALH), a puller mounted on the side of the vessels that helps to improve both fish quality and working environment and encourage the use of conservation orientated fishing methods in the name ...
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Traalnett opens its doors in Norway
Norwegian shipowner Gudmund Fjortoft and Jorge Lores from Eurored have open a new company in the harbour of the Fjortoft Island in the Northwest of Norway, to supply fishing gear and equipment. The new company, Traalnett, which has a warehouse of 1000m2 and a total area of 5,000m2, is situated ...
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Parsons shows its latest Profile range
Parsons Chain has officially introduced at Nor-Fishing its new 19mm middle and long link Trawlex Profile Chain launched last April.
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Security doors to save juveniles
Cetap, a Portuguese based company, presented for the first time at the show what it claims to be a revolutionary system in cages under the motto ''Fishing, protecting the fish''.
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Euronete presents Euroneema
Euronete has introduced Euronema S.C.S. (single covered strand) to allow easy splicing. The new rope has a construction of 8x1, and each strand is covered with high tenacity PE Premium. This construction makes a nice round, has excellent abrasion properties and better spooling on the winches than a 12 ...
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Good old fashioned chandlers buoyant
One of the curses of modern sales operations is the time spent having to wander round a whole range of different suppliers to get different pieces of equipment.
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New live cod loading system from Norway
The Norwegian company Cflow has developed a new loading system for live cod/coalfish. The fish flow freely from trawls/nets or cages into the hold by way of underpressure. Therefore, the fish receive gentle handling.
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Little Big Brother freefalls
Norwegian Maritime Equipment says it has introduced a big brother for what it says was the world''s smallest free fall lifeboat, the JY-FN/FF-4.9, when launched last year. The new lifeboat has a 28-person capacity yet is only 5.8m long, saving on valuable deck space.
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CO2 steps forward for more speed and space
DSI Denmark has now sold more than 150 CO2 freezer plate systems since it began getting clearances to develop CO2 models of its range at the start of 2000. A company statement said they are used for quick, deep freezing many different food products, such as fish, shellfish, meat, ...
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Altogether now! Track and trace for skippers and observers
South African software company Olfish says its software is now available in fully -- commercial trawl and longline versions and its team is at an advanced stage of development of both purse seine and lobster (traps) versions.
