Fishing Gear

Egersund Trawl from Norway, continues the development of equipment to make pelagic fishing more efficient.

Malaysian company Jaya Nets says that its trademark brand Eagle is doing very well in the international market, which now reaches 30 per cent of its production.

Hampidjan has introduced some new trawl products, aimed at lowering fuel costs, including Dynex warps, made from Dyneema to replace steel wire. It says the new rope is much lighter and Dynex…

Denmarks Daconet has registered a patent on what it says is a revolutionary and simple way to assemble inner nets with wall meshes, using the already-known edgemesh twine.

BRITTANY-based Morgère says it is doing well in Iceland with its oval foil door and has already put installations on more than 30 bottom trawlers there. Magnus Eyjolfsson, sales manager of Ã?sfell,…

ORBIMAGE has released version 6.0 of its software for its SeaStar Fisheries Information Service. It has its own satellite (OrbView-2), and the company says Captains can view the oceanographic maps created by…

New Zealand-based Prion Technology says their new snood system is getting a positive response on the sea and they hope to sell it into a number of markets, according to director Andy…

Per Funch-Nielsen, managing director of O.W. Icebunker Ltd., explains to Peter ONeill how his company supplies vital fuel and provision to fishing vessels in some of the toughest conditions in the world.

US-based Omniglow says it is new 6 Flex-stick ultra lightstick outperforms any other commercial on the market. The company says that in the battle for fish all longliner fishermen know the secret…