Fishing Gear – Page 6
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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.
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NewsIbercisa at work on the fishing grounds
Earlier this year three technicians from Ibercisa Deck Machinery went to sea with America’s Finest to optimise and adjust the trawl winches supplied to the new trawler owned by Fishermen’s Finest.
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NewsDoes sustainability depend on technology?
You don’t tend to hear the ‘plenty more fish in the sea’ phrase quite so often these days. Apart from this expression being a bland platitude, it’s more significant that the phrase is in danger of becoming a literal falsehood.
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NewsSNG introduces new Excluder
A marine mammal caught in a trawl never fails to be a nightmare. Gear designers at Killybegs fishing gear company Swan Net Gundry have a simple innovation to avoid this situation – saving both the fisherman and the mammals much grief.
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News?Irish fleet does well in albacore season
With over a dozen Irish pelagic and polyvalent vessels currently working south of Ireland and as far down as the Bay of Biscay in their attempt to fill their annual albacore tuna quota, SNG tuna trawls are a strong presence in this fishery.
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NewsT90 mesh for whitefish discard reduction
Trials with 90mm T90 codends showed major reductions in catches of undersize roundfish, increased monkfish and no loss in flatfish species, reports BIM Fisheries Conservation Manager Dr Ronán Cosgrove.
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NewsHampiðjan’s fibre-optic data breakthrough
A new fibre-optic data cable developed by Hampiðjan represents a breakthrough in the speed at which data can be channelled from trawl sensors to a trawler’s wheelhouse.
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NewsResqunit sets up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The Norwegian venture behind the innovative flotation device designed to allow lost lobster and crab gear to be retrieved has set up in Canada, with its new headquarters in the Dartmouth Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship’s (COVE) Start-Up Yard.
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NewsIncreased visibility with illuminated nets
Scientists are testing nets illuminated with LED lights to see if increasing net visibility reduces sea turtle bycatch in gillnet fisheries.
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NewsFishtek Marine crowdfunds bycatch prevention
Marine bycatch prevention pioneer Fishtek Marine has netted its full £900,000 impact investment crowdfunding via the Triodos Bank UK crowdfunding platform, enabling Fishtek to develop its range of products, conduct more live sea trials and help enhance global awareness.
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NewsKiwi technology approved for inshore fishery
After seven years of trials, Fisheries New Zealand has approved the use of the Modular Harvest System (MHS) in North Island inshore fisheries for snapper, tarakihi, trevally, red gurnard, and John Dory, with specific conditions.
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NewsIdeal selectivity combination
Experience of a T90 mackerel codend rigged on DynIce Quicklines has been excellent on both mackerel and herring, according to one of Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic skippers.
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NewsFishering Service: Pulling the strings
The days of chasing fish and hoping for the best belong in the past, according to Andrey Fedorov, director of fishing gear manufacturer Fishering Service.
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NewsGearingUp gets ready for growth
The GearingUp project, set up as an online tool capable of being used to share technical fishing gear information in anticipation of the Landing Obligation, is now heading for a version 2.0 now that the crucial 1st January 2019 date has passed.
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NewsEvery fish alive
Four panel codends, made in netting with a T90 configuration and rigged on Quicklines, have led to higher quality catches for one of HB Grandi’s fresher trawlers.
