A new shrimp trawl designed to have less seabed contact and to achieve greater fuel efficiency is to be tested at sea, thanks to $95,048 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government.
The new design features trawl doors that are towed through the water, thereby minimising seabed contact and potentially reducing fuel requirements. The
The trawl was designed collaboratively by the institute and industry and could yield benefits for the 300 vessels involved in the inshore shrimp fishery.
The Honourable Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, announced the funding through the Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Program.
