Quality takes priority
Factory trawler Emeraude has switched the mesh size in the codends of its gear for a size well in excess of the minimum required, seeking to minimise catches of small…
Everything to minimise towing resistance
Ísfell is set to break into the market in Iceland for pelagic gear with its M1771 trawl, with the first set of this new design already on board and ready…
Better fishing with seabed-friendly ground gear
Semi-Circular Spreading Gear has been attracting interest with the Norwegian trawler fleet. Although this isn’t exactly new, it has taken a while for this idea to catch on. Now that it…
Successful CatchCam-Flyer pairing
Vónin’s Flyer headline lifting device has provided an ideal skyhook for the CatchCam developed by SafetyNet Technologies. Rigging a flyer with a CatchCam camera has turned out to be a…
Infigo 576 trawl shows what it can do
Faroese freezer trawler Brestur began fishing in July with the new Infigo 576-mesh trawl from Vónin. The trawl looked a little strange at first, as it has a different construction…
Recycled trawl gear used in electric car production
Hampiðjan has placed a strong emphasis on the collection and grading of fishing gear, with recycling routes established for all of the materials used in fishing gears – with the…
Light rig for shrimping comes a step closer
Icelandic innovator Optitog, the company behind the development of an undersea light rig to herd shrimp into a trawl, has signed a distribution agreement with Norwegian company Evotec, which aims…
Scottish fishing technology adopted as standard
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has agreed to adopt a new Scottish-designed fishing technology as the new international standard for co-ordinated demersal fish population surveys…
Tracking blue whiting codend behaviour
The blue whiting fishery that takes place west of Ireland and Scotland in the spring is know for tight concentrations of fish, often resulting in big bags after short tows.…
Lorient starts gear collection
The Port of Lorient Keroman has established a programme of collecting end-of-life fishing gear, in co-operation with the Departmental Fisheries Committee and the Coopérative Maritime. In the longer term, this…