Successful new design prawn gear
Last year Swan Net Gundry set about developing new and improved prawn gear with trawls that would be more robust and catch efficient but also as fuel efficient as possible.…
Willem van der Zwan SCH-302 called in Fuglafjörður to pick up its new Vónin 2300 trawl. Image: Vónin
Dutch pelagic fleet goes for Vónin 2300
Vónin’s 2300 metre pelagic trawl has been around for a while and has already proved what it can do for the Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian and UK fishing vessels that…
DynIce Handles eliminate the need for stainless steel rings, and are lighter to handle as well as reducing wear. Image: SNG
Swan Fast Flow Codend tops the charts as mackerel season starts
Designed to improve the quality of trawled fish, the new Swan Fast Flow codend has proved to be a major success for Swan Net Gundry. With highly positive feedback from customers…
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…
Venture III is fishing with a 4.50 square metre pair of Vónin’s Storm trawl doors
Storm doors stay steady under extreme conditions
Scottish trawler Venture III BF-326 has been fishing with a pair of 4.50 square metre Storm trawl doors from Vónin, and both of the trawler’s skippers are delighted with the…
Klakkur ÍS-903 is towing Pandalus shrimp trawls with four-panel codends. Image: Bergthór Gunnlaugsson
Pandalus trawl and T90 codend prove their worth
New Pandalus shrimp trawls with four-panel codends rigged on QuickLines have been a success story for offshore shrimper Klakkur ÍS-903 this summer. ‘Let’s say that catches have been pretty good…
Swan Net Gundry’s net loft has a slew of orders following the success of the ‘closed sides’ pelagic gear this summer. Image: SNG
SNG’s successful pelagic gear re-think
Adding new sections of mesh to the sides of pelagic trawls has been such a success during the albacore tuna season that Swan Net Gundry is now busy with orders…
Brim's fresher trawler Akurey has been fitted with a third trawl winch and extra sweepline winches
Akurey’s seamless switch to twin-rigging
Fresher trawler Akurey has completed its second trip since a refit in which a third trawl winch and an additional set of sweepline winches were installed on board. This enables…
Working on pelagic gear at SNG’s Killybegs net loft. Image: SNG
Gearing up for tuna
Feedback from Swan-Net Gundry (SNG) customers has been highly positive as the company’s new design concept of incorporating more mesh into the side wing panels of pelagic trawls for herring,…