Echo is a game changer for prawn fishery
The Notus Echo, introduced a few years ago to the Irish and Scottish fleets fishing for nephrops, has proved itself an invaluable took for skippers looking to streamline the way…
Australia’s Exmouth Gulf prawn fishery has been re-certified by the MSC
Exmouth Gulf prawns MSC re-certified
Exmouth Gulf, along with the Shark Bay fishery, are the first Australian prawn fisheries to be certified to the MSC’s rigorous Version 2.01 standard (introduced in 2018). Only four tropical…
The experimental grid has an opening to allow langoustine to pass through into the codend instead of being filtered out with other by-catches. Image: Liz B. Kolstad Kvalvik, Havforskningsinstituttet
Shrimp grid developed to keep langoustine by-catch
Norwegian coastal fishermen have since the beginning of this year been required to use a sorting grid when trawling for shrimp, with the disadvantage that they lose a valuable by-catch…
New Strandby trawler Jeanne is the result of a collaboration between consultancy ShipCon, the Jobi Værft shipyard and the new boat’s owners
New trawler for Strandby
Jobi Værft in Strandby delivered the new Jeanne FN-462, the latest Danish trawler built to work on langoustine and whitefish on the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat. Jeanne is owned…
Francis Parrott of Notus and Fran West of Seafield Navigation with the Notus Echo at this week’s Skipper Expo in Aberdeen
Finding the sweet spot in every tow
An acoustic detection system developed by Canadian company Notus to enable shrimp trawler skippers to identify where their catches are being caught has been adapted to provide the same advantages…
Rossi di Mazara is fully utilising heads of the red prawns that its two trawlers catch. Image: Rossi di Mazara
Value boost in red prawn extract
Sicilian fishing company Rossi di Mazara is turning waste into value, fully utilising heads of the red prawns that its two trawlers catch in the Mediterranean. Rossi di Mazara’s two…