All Fishing Gear articles
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NewsRecognition of a 50-year career
Guðmundur Gunnarsson accepted the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition’s Outstanding Achievement award for his contributions to the development of fishing gear
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Wärtsilä leaves Russia
Finland-headquartered technology group has completed its exit from the Russian market following the invasion of Ukraine
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IceFish 2022 – back to business
Thousands of visitors – spanning the entire fisheries sector – were warmly welcomed to 13th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition in Kópavogur
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Sealord cloud decision
Seafood giant looks to enhance productivity, improve forecasting and better measure sustainability
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New life for old rope
Gael Force Group has started a partnership with a business that aims to turn waste from its moorings production into recyclable garden products
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Recycling end-of-life nets
A partnership between the purse seine industries and a Seychelles start-up is recycling fishing nets
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Scallop breakthrough
A new low-impact method of attracting and catching scallops has been developed
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Hydrogen for new longliner
Plans drawn up for a fishing vessel capable of running with fossil fuel consumption reduced by 40%
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Maritime Systems equips English fishers with I-VMS
Maritime Systems has released a new inshore vessel monitoring system (I-VMS) in response to new regulation coming in next year requiring all English-registered fishing vessels under 12 metres to be fitted with such a device.
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Purse seine’s record catch
A purse seine for Norwegian pelagic vessel Slaaterøy has broken a few records, with trips of as much as 2230 tonnes of herring in just three shots.
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NFWF pledges funding to drive electronic monitoring and data management
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have granted US$3.7 million to help implement electronic technology solutions and modernise data management systems for fisheries in US waters
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Net survey to increase catch volumes
Research conducted by NOAA Fisheries has shown that increasing the wing spread of a net can help increase the volume of catch
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Vónin introduces smart trawl door technology
Pelagic vessels Høgaberg and Tróndur í Gøtu have been putting the new Twister trawl doors developed by Vónin through their paces for the last few months.
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Morgère’s new facility open for business
After having been based at the heart of the port of Saint-Malo in Brittany since 1902, French trawl door manufacturer Morgère has made the move out of the city to a purpose-built manufacturing facility in nearby Miniac-Morvan.
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Longline hardware goes electric
There has already been plenty of interest in new electric longline systems, even with the new equipment is still in its trial phase on board some of the most successful Norwegian longliners.
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Thyborøn take door technology to a new level
The Bluestream Type 22 trawl doors introduced by Thyborøn Trawldoor four years ago have been highly successful, but now the company has pushed development even further, while also preparing for full door control of the doors in the water.
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Fiskevegn appoints new CEO
Magne Fure is taking on the role of managing director at AS Fiskevegn.
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JSC Okeanrybflot chooses Ibercisa deck setup
Ibercisa Deck Machinery is supplying the deck hardware for JSC Okeanrybflot’s new trawler under construction at Tersan.
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Pelagic catcher’s long-life synthetic warps
The owners of Faroese pelagic vessel Finnur Friði, Gøta-based fishing and processing company Varðin, were early adopters when it came to synthetic trawl warps.
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Seabird saver contender for Inventor Award
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that British brothers Ben and Pete Kibel have been nominated as finalists in the SMEs category of the European Inventor Award 2021 for their invention of a simple, low-cost device that prevents the accidental deaths of seabirds during longline fishing.
