Sonar equipment manufacturer WESMAR has introduced its new line of trawl sonar catch sensors.
According to Dennis Soderberg, WESMAR’s Vice President of the Electronics Division, “They are the fastest and most powerful on the market.”
The Model CS20 WESMAR catch sensors work with the highly popular WESMAR TCS780 and TCS380 trawl sonar systems. Up to six catch sensors can be used on the codend of a WESMAR system, and numbers 1-4 are compatible with other trawl systems.
The catch sensors measure the fill rate of the trawl, indicating when the codend is full so the catch can be hauled in at the appropriate time. Catch sensors eliminate the problems caused by overfilling the trawl and improve catch efficiency and quality.
WESMAR is no stranger to the needs of fishermen and has worked for several years to perfect a system that reliably measures the fill rate of the trawl and alerts the wheelhouse when the net is full, saving them thousands of dollars in potentially lost catch and/or damaged nets.
Wesmar claims that several features set its catch sensors apart from other eggs:
- They transmit at the highest power on the market
- No signal delay - once triggered the catch sensors send five signals, five seconds apart, alerting the wheelhouse instantly. After these initial transmits the sensors will transmit every 60 seconds to save battery life. Other eggs only fire every one minute and not every transmission makes it through, risking the whole catch
- When triggered an alarm in the wheelhouse reports the catch sensor number
- WESMAR’s catch sensors slip easily in and out of the carrier but the carrier stays on the net elimination repeated mounting and setups
The sensors are completely sealed, leak proof and protected in a durable stainless steel carrier.
