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.
The new model is a four-panel-wide body design and incorporates some of the key elements of the company's famous shrimp trawl models. In addition, the design includes new trends such as T90 netting used in the aft part of the belly, as well as in the intermediate section before the cod-end.
The new design aspects have resulted in a trawl that gives far more horizontal spread and bottom coverage, an improved water flow down the trawl belly, minimum turbulence in the aft part of the belly and a much larger entrance area to the cod-end than other traditional ground fish trawl designs currently available on the market.
So far the new Cosmos 3000 model has proved efficient as single and twin rig on board the Canadian factory trawler “Newfoundland Lynx” (owned by Fishery Products International) for fishing turbot (greenland halibut), and on board Portugal's new flagship “França Morte” (owned by Grupo Miradouro) also fishing for greenland halibut on NAFO, as well as cod in the Barents Sea.
