Fishing Gear

Trawling may boost stocks

The Marel group has named Intralox, the conveyor belt supplier, for its European manufacturing outlets.

The European approved McMurdo MT-1 has now been agreed for use in US waters.

Karstensen Shipyard Ltd in Skagen, Denmark have now delivered two new vessels one to Irish Owner Frank Doherty, of Kincasslagh, Donegal and the other to Pauric Conneeley, Gregboy, Claregalway, Donegal . The…

Trawling specialist Vónin Ltd has equipped the Finnur Fridi (see World Fishing, February), with toughened purse seining and pelagic trawling gear. Called the Blue Whiting trawl, it has a circumference of 2,048…

Sicornete is about to launch a new, high-tenacity polyethylene product after three months of testing. It increases the strength of ropes and nets, using thinner ropes so it reduces trawl drag and…

Euronete, based in Oporto, and making heavy nets for bottom trawls and pelagic fishing, report they have opened a new braiding factory in the north of Portugal.

Polish company Baltic Net says it is working on a prototype for a new pelagic trawl especially designed to operate in the Baltic pelagic fishery.

Nets and ropes manufacturer, Quintas & Quintas, says it has not only seen an increase in its sales of nets to fish farms but this sector now represents 25 per cent of…

When a skipper or companys supply officer have to spend large sums of money on new nets, one of the problems they have is how do they decide which product is the…

The Atlantic Enterprise (AE), now fishing prawns off Canada, is the worlds first trawler with a complete electrical AC winch control system, provided by Vacon, whose liquid-cooled NX system is controlling the…

New integrated pair trawl system goes towards more efficient fishing - Scantrol has developed a new system for pair trawlers which simplifies the fishery a lot. Earlier the fishermen needed to update…

SimuTrawl has been developed by MPSL. MPSL is founded by Marine Production System Laboratory, College of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University in Korea.

OLFISH is a unique electronic fishery management system developed by the South African company, OLRAC. OLFISH should not be confused with navigational or charting software. It is a completely unique, intelligent database…

Fish forecasting specialists ROFFS, has just announced that all of the five ROFFS Fishing Forecasting Analyses products will be in a format for their clients to download and input directly to their…

For the past twenty years, Pacific Ocean Producers has equipped over 400 fishing vessels with Lindgren-Pitman Monofilament Longline Systems - Pacific Ocean Producers wouldnt trust their own fleet of fishing vessels to…

Dutch netting specialist Van Beelens new light Enkalon twine for mid-water trawls is proving very popular according to the company along with its Stealth rope.

UK based Parsons Chain Company has launched a new Trawlex Profile Chain in an attempt to provide the market with product that is less susceptible to wear, corrosion and stress fractures.

Vaki-DNG has developed a mackerel drum for smaller vessels. This new development will enable small vessel fishermen to operate more effectively and safely when jigging for mackerel.

The 18 islands that make up the Faroe Islands are surrounded by one of the worlds most hostile oceans, but the waters also possess some of the richest fishing grounds in the…