Fishing Gear

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

An optimal trawling process is always dependent on the quality and the quantity of information provided to the decision maker.

1st October 2008

Decisions based on facts

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A new way of mounted gillnets has been invented by Icelandic company Neptunas.

1st October 2008

New way of mounting gillnets

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Rolls-Royce has set out to design the trawler of the future.

1st October 2008

Trawler of the future

1st October 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Isfell will be showing traditional equipment at Icefish 2008, explains managing director, Hólmsteinn Björnsson.

1st September 2008

Traditional equipment on display

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Marport Canada Inc has announced its new trawl geometry system. TrueTrawl™ is a wireless monitoring system designed to improve trawl geometry in pelagic and bottom trawling operations.

1st September 2008

Marport announces trawl geometry system

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Thyborøn Trawldoors is supplying one set of 37 type 11 doors of 0.69m2 for Aslan.

1st September 2008

New trawl door orders

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The National Marine Fisheries Service recently announced that nearly 180,000m2 of the Bering Sea will be closed to bottom trawling to protect important seafloor habitats and marine life, effective from August 25…

1st September 2008

Bering Sea closed to bottom trawling

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Sea trials to test a low impact ‘hydrodredge’ which uses a cup arrangement instead of scallop teeth to extract shellfish from the sea bed were completed last year by researchers at School…

1st September 2008

Isle of Man hydrodredge sea trials complete

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Gilnetters and other fishermen who work with floats and buoys are often searching for a suitable blinking or steady light to attach to a pole or float.

1st September 2008

New LED DriftLight

1st September 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Cosmos Trawl A/S will be using Nor-Fishing to showcase the latest developments the company has made to make its gear more fuel efficient for its shrimp customers in Norway.

1st July 2008

Cosmos to showcase light version shrimp gear package

1st July 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

HB Grandis freezer trawler Örfirisey is expected to be able to operate more economically following its recent extensive refit. A major part of the refit is the third trawl winch, allowing two…

29th May 2008

Örfirisey refit expected to reduce fuel costs

29th May 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Fighting to save the albatross from extinction, the RSPB and BirdLife International are to double the number of countries in which they work.

29th May 2008

Albatross Task Force doubles

29th May 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Sea trials to test a low impact ‘hydrodredge’ which uses a cup arrangement instead of scallop teeth to extract shellfish from the sea bed were completed last year by researchers at School…

29th May 2008

Isle of Man hydrodredge sea trials complete

29th May 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Thyborøn Trawldoors has recently announced that five sets of Thyboron doors type 9 and type 12 are ready to go to Iceland for the following companies: Brim HF, Sildarvinnslan HF, Thorbjorn and…

1st April 2008

5 sets of doors for Iceland

1st April 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

In October last year, The Nature Conservancy announced the launch of the organisation’s first Conservation Fishing Agreement. The Agreement between a central coast fisherman and the Conservancy is aimed at helping sustain…

1st April 2008

The Nature Conservancy and trawl fisherman partner to pilot new conservation tool

1st April 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The first set of UK sea trials to assess the potential benefits of using ‘turned mesh’ or ‘T90’ netting has just been completed by Seafish, with encouraging results.

1st April 2008

Shetland sea trials investigate potential benefits of the ‘T90’ trawl

1st April 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The port of Mar del Plata, located about 400 km south of Buenos Aires, has a long history as a centre for commercial fishing.

1st April 2008

New trawler for argentine owner

1st April 2008

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The new series of Polar trawl doors, the hydro-wing design constructed in double compartment body giving greater spreading force with less resistance, has had an exceptional response from the market, according to…

1st June 2007

Polar hydro-wing series

1st June 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

After months of testing, Notus has released a long life battery and intelligent charger for its Trawlmaster and Seinemaster net monitoring systems. Sensors will now be powered by a high end NiMH…

1st June 2007

Doubling the battery life of net monitoring systems

1st June 2007

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

NOAA (the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has amended the regulations governing how fishing net mesh size is measured in the Northeast.

1st June 2007

New mesh measurement rules in the Northeast

1st June 2007