PingMe tracks lost gear
Since being unveiled more than a year ago by researchers at the Norwegian-based Ocean Space Acoustics (OSAC) there has been growing interest in the PingMe reporting tool set to bring…
One of the ghost net that were tracked, retrieved and disposed. Image: AFMA
Tracking technology aids ghost gear retrieval
Successful trials of a new GPS tracking system has seen drifting ghost nets retrieved from the Torres Strait under the Australian Government’s $14.8 million Ghost Nets Initiative, as CSIRO research…
Investing in engineering
Vónin has acquired Danish engineering and design company Volu Ventis. Based in Silkeborg, Volu Ventis and its managing director Søren Hjørt have a long background in the energy and green…
Current Morgère director Michel Dagorn (left) with Pascal Reverseau. Image: Ouest-France
New factory, new director for Morgère
As Michel Dagorn, who has managed Saint Malo fishing gear company Morgère for the last decade is set to retire last this year, the company is set for some big…
Ludvig Ahm Krag on Powell Island during a research trip on board a krill trawler at the Antarctic. The krill fishery here is one of the most technologically advanced fisheries in the world. Image: Bjørn Arne Krafft.
DTU Aqua appoints professor of fishing gear innovation
Ludvig Ahm Krag has been appointed Professor at DTU, where he heads the fisheries technology research group, replacing his title of senior researcher with the title of Professor of Fishing…
Carl Stahl’s net loft and supply outlet in Honningsvåg has been acquired by Mustad Autoline and Egersund Group. Image: Mustad Autoline
Honningsvåg gear supplier changes hands
Mustad Autoline and Egersund Group have joined forces to acquire both the fishing gear outlet and the net loft run by Carl Stahl AS in the northern Norwegian port of…
Sigurður Óli Thórleifsson is running Mustad Autoline ehf in Iceland. Image: Mustad Autoline
Mustad Autoline’s branch in Iceland
Mustad Autoline has established a new branch in Iceland, located in the south coast fishing port of Grindavík, home to much of the country’s longline fleet. Mustad Autoline’s intention by…
Hallgeir Frøystadvåg and Vidar Danielsen, who is managing the Frøystad AS branch in Honningsvåg. Image: Frøystad AS
Frøystad AS sets up in Honningsvåg
Fishing gear supplier Frøystad AS has extended its network along the Norwegian coast with a new department established in Honningsvåg with Vidar Danielsen managing it and handling sales. ‘By setting…
Zephyr works with conventional steel wire warps, which were spooled onto the winch drums under constant tension. Image: MMG
Warp tensioning pays off
A fixed tension winch is used by Norwegian fishing gear company Selstad when delivering new warps, and spooling wire or Dyneema on board under a constant tension increases stability and…
The Flyer is easily clipped to the headline of the trawl when needed
Giving the headline a lift with the Flyer
Lee West came across Vónin’s Flyer on the internet, and decided it was worth a try as a way of getting more headline height. He works the 14 metre Copious…