Fishing Gear – Page 4
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NewsOsprey opts for low-shrink netting
The Urk-based Osprey Group has a long background in running its fleet of fishing vessels operating in the North Sea and the English Channel, and a central aspect of keeping these active is the company’s own workshops preparing fishing gear for the fleet of ten vessels.
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NewsÍsfell’s mobile warp spooling system
Icelandic fishing gear company Ísfell went to Spanish deck machinery manufacturer Ibercisa for a mobile warp spooling system designed to be deployed on its 20-foot container base.
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NewsTurning the tide of lost lines
A newcomer to the Patagonian toothfish industry is taking the initiative to recover and deliver lost fishing gear for disposal ashore, aiming to reclaim fishing grounds and reduce the impact on the marine ecosystem.
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NewsLuntos chooses Ibercisa technology
Russian fishing company Luntos has chosen Ibercisa Deck Machinery’s electrical drive technology for its new freezer trawler, which will be operating in late 2021.
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NewsHappy with the catch – happy with the gear
Back home in the Westman Islands after a summer and autumn fishing for mackerel and herring off the east of Iceland, skipper Hörður Már Guðmundsson has yet to find out if he and his crew will be back at sea again this year.
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NewsMustad Autoline sets up in Iceland
Mustad Autoline has stepped up its presence on export markets with the establishment of its own company in Iceland.
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NewsGearing up for blue whiting with new codend
Fishing companies in Iceland are already gearing up for blue whiting in the New Year. While there are hopes that there will be a capelin season to keep pelagic vessels busy in January, there’s a chance the fleet will be back on blue whiting.
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NewsHigh-performance knotless UHMWPE netting
With testing carried out, high-tech materials company Teijin and fishing gear manufacturer Kinoshita Fishing Net Mfg. Co are now making available the first high-performance knotless fishing net made with an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) film
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NewsTesting Thyborøn’s controllable Type 22 doors
Pelagic trawler Themis S-144 has been the test bench for testing controllable pelagic trawl doors, and an initial round of tests earlier this year is now being followed up before the doors become available commercially.
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NewsTaking the backache out of whelking
Wicki-Alex H-410 and skipper Thomas Jensen work from Hundested in Denmark, fishing strings of traps to catch whelks (Buccinum undatum) that are packed for markets in France, China and South-East Asia.
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NewsSNG gears up for tuna season
Increasing the volume of mesh in the side wing panels of its trawls has paid off for Swan Net Gundry’s customers, and the response to these trawl designs for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel fisheries has been highly positive.
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NewsTech benefits longliners and environment
Funded through the Australian Federal Government’s Our Marine Parks Grants Programme, the Tuna Australia project uses beacons and satellites to help prevent the accidental drift of lines into no-fishing areas of marine parks.
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NewsManta and devil rays proposal wins ISSF prize
Doctoral student Melissa Cronin of the University of California, Santa Cruz, is the Grand Prize winner in ISSF’s International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Seafood Sustainability Contest.
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NewsHampiðjan moves into new east coast net loft
“It’s a huge improvement. So for us, this is a complete transformation of our working facilities,” said master fishing gear technologist Jón Einar Marteinsson who manages Hampiðjan’s fishing gear division at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland.
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NewsStress-free fish with SNG’s Fast Flow brailer
A pelagic gear arrangement that until recently was “a few boats trying it out,” according to Swan Net Gundry’s trawl designer Cathal Boyle, has now been adopted by more than 30 pelagic vessels.
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NewsHampiðjan’s High-strength Prima
Two years ago Hampiðjan developed a new variety of super-rope under the Prima brand, and this has been welcomed by the company’s customers as Prima’s popularity has grown rapidly.
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NewsNew seiner/trawlers opt to go electric
The final delivery in a series of five new twin-rigger/seine netters for the Osprey Fish Group in Urk has been completed by the Nodosa yard in Spain.
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NewsOsprey doors’ success in Scotland
The Lovie family, who fish out of Kinlochbervie with their two demersal trawlers Endeavour IV and Venture II, have been seeing excellent results with their new trawl doors since switching to the new Ospreys from Morgére.
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NewsKleifaberg’s Hemmer a hit for every fishery
“It’s an all-round, low-maintenance trawl that catches well,” said Kleifaberg’s Víðir Jónsson, describing the T90 Hemmer trawl used on board for fishery they take part in.
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NewsEkkó doors make a splash
With pelagic and semi-pelagic trawl door designs available, Icelandic trawl door manufacturer EKKÓ is seeing a growing interest in the advantages its gear offers, according to Smári Jósafatsson.
