New selectivity requirements for Baltic trawl gears
Legislation is going through designed to reduce by-catches of cod in Baltic flatfish fisheries. Fishermen have until April next year to adapt to the new standard and will have access…
Smart buoys to boost selection in tuna fisheries
The Spanish tuna fleet is launching project SelecTuna, a pioneering initiative will deploy more than 1500 smart buoys from tech company Satlink in the three oceans where tropical tuna is…
Using AI to revolutionise beam trawling
A groundbreaking underwater fish-sorting system has been tested on board research vessel Simon Stevin in collaboration with ILVOO Oostende, and innovation company Marelec is satisfied with the successful outcome of…
Bright idea protects sea turtles
British scientists have come up with a bright idea that could help save the Mediterranean’s threatened sea turtles. Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Society for Protection of Turtles…
Funding secured for precision fishing technology
SafetyNet Technologies has secured £1.8 million in new funding to accelerate the development of precision fishing technology for the commercial fishing industry. The investment round was led by Mirova’s Althelia…
Pinger subsidy for Swedish fishermen
With regulations expected to be introduced in 2022 for pingers to be fitted to static fishing gears in some Baltic waters, a requirement will apply to Swedish fishermen operating off…
Versatile Excluder separates pelagic catches
Danish fishing gear company Cosmos Trawl has designed and developed a new selectivity device that looks very promising. Ten of these Excluders have been supplied to Danish, Norwegian and Swedish…
Factory trawler Gloria is fishing in the Arabian Sea
Big fish separator works perfectly
Four of the officers running a trawler in the Arabian Sea got in touch with fishing gear supplier Hampiðjan to help out in solving the problem of a by-catch of…
New selectivity rules apply to Swedish vessels fishing in the Skagerak and Kattegat. Image: Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Trawl selectivity for Skagerak and Kattegat
New rules are now being introduced in the Skagerak and Kattegat, requiring more selective gear for langoustine and groundfish fisheries ‘This will reduce the pressure on the heavily exposed cod…
‘Tom’s Fisheye’ provides an additional option for reducing by-catches in Australia’s Northern Prawn Fishery. Image: AFMA
New by-catch reduction option for Australian prawn fishery
A new by-catch reduction device, known as ‘Tom’s Fisheye,’ has been added to three other effective devices that have been tested by the Commonwealth Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) fleet, for…