Fishing Gear

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

For a relatively new player in the winch business, Norwegian company Evotec has been quickly turning into a leader – and has recently announced a couple of prestigious new contracts.

20th December 2023

Evotec scores fishing newbuild orders

20th December 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Under an initiative by New Zealand fishing company Sealord and Nelson-based fishing gear supplier Motueka Nets, fishing gear that has reached the end of its useful life is being routed to recycling…

14th December 2023

Less plastic landfill as fishing gear goes for recycling

14th December 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

With 37,000 metres of nets retrieved from fishing grounds, in addition to thousands of metres of lines, ropes and warps, this year’s seabed clean-up operation by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has…

12th December 2023

Norway’s fishing gear clean-up breaks records

12th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

“The first E-Line hauling system went through a very long trial period onboard Loran, and after eight months in daily operations making sure we could be confident that it was right. Ståle…

31st October 2023

Coastal longlining going electric

31st October 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norwegian-headquartered marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime and Turkish electrical solution provider BMA Technology have formed a strategic collaboration alliance to support the supply of low voltage electrical products and engineering services to…

18th October 2023

Kongsberg, BMA team up on Turkish newbuild solutions

18th October 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Norway/Uruguay-based Pesquera Azul believes its successful trial of a new catch protection cage in whale-infested waters in the southern Indian Ocean could be a potential game-changer for the longline fishing industry as…

22nd September 2023

Longline company lauds new whale depredation solution

22nd September 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

France’s Morgère SAS has developed a versatile new trawl door called “Champion”, which the company describes as one of the most powerful demersal doors on the market, offering the benefits of a…

12th September 2023

New Champion for demersal fishers

12th September 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Seattle trawler Storm Petrel has finished its first trips using a pair of Tornado pelagic trawl doors from Vónin. Skipper Acácio DoMar has been impressed with how the new doors have handled.

2nd August 2023

Vónin’s Tornado doors make Bering Sea debut

2nd August 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The 100th mTrack unit is going to Kaharoa II, the new research vessel being built for New Zealand research institute NIWA.

25th May 2023

100th mTrack goes to NIWA research vessel

25th May 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Based within the Iceland Ocean Cluster on the quayside in Reykjavík, start-up company Optitog has been making steady progress in developing new concepts of shrimp gear to improve the profitability of this…

22nd May 2023

Fishing with light – the next generation

22nd May 2023