New generation of multibeam sonars from WASSP

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Multibeam sonar manufacturer WASSP Ltd has announced details of the company’s latest range of multibeam sonar’s, now for all commercial applications.

The new generation WASSP systems feature an integrated Graphical User Interface for simplicity and versatility

The company has sold more than 550 units in the commercial fishing sector and WASSP Ltd parent company, ENL Group has invested heavily in the new range to strengthen its position in the commercial fishing sector and also to build a product tailored to the survey and workboat market with new features and functions.

“Although WASSP was originally designed for commercial fishing, when the company first started promoting WASSP globally in 2006 most of the interest came from scientists and surveyors mainly because WASSP multibeam sonar technology was such a new concept to the commercial fishermen compared with the split-beam or single beam sonar traditionally used in this market,” says ENL Group CEO Gareth Hodson.

With a stronghold on the commercial fishing market not only is WASSP Ltd now offering an advanced and backward compatible WASSP solution to its existing target market, the WASSP Ltd product management team have focused on enhancing the common functions and features also used by other marine professionals in the hyrdrographic survey and work boat market.

While WASSP is not new to the hydrograhic survey market, the new range, in particular the WMB3250 (formerly known as WASSP S), has been specially designed for this sector.

“Our main focus had always been with the commercial fishing sector, a market we are very familiar with. Effectively we have been pulled into the survey market and have gained a great deal expertise and understanding of user requirements after a beneficial OEM agreement with an organisation that has been successful in this market for many decades.”

To date most of WASSP’s hydrographic sales have been to shallow water surveyors utilising commercial fishing systems, but now the company is in a position to offer range of products including its high-end product that has been designed for the surveyor with four times the ping rate and new functions and features.

“The advancements made to the WASSP technology for the survey market will significantly benefit the commercial fishermen with improved ease of use, bottom discrimination and fish detection”, said Mr Hodson.