Four panel codends perform on selectivity
Ongoing co-operation between the Institute of Marine Research, HB Grandi and Hampiðjan into the effectiveness of T90 codends rigged on QuickLines continued this spring both ashore and at sea.
Ongoing co-operation between the Institute of Marine Research, HB Grandi and Hampiðjan into the effectiveness of T90 codends rigged on QuickLines continued this spring both ashore and at sea.
Bulgarian fisherman Emil Milev’s passion for fishing started with a trip out of curiosity back in 1993. Now he runs three trawlers fishing in Black Sea waters.
Icelandic pelagic trawler Hoffell SU-80 has followed the trend and switched to using Vónin’s new Tornado pelagic trawl doors.
The first of three new combination seine netters/trawlers for owners in Boulogne is about to be handed over by the Padmos shipyard in time for its christening ceremony in Boulogne next week.
Faroese factory trawler Akraberg docked in Fuglafjörður a couple of days ago to discharge its an exceptional trip’s catch taken in the Russian zone of the Barents Sea.
Fishing in the Russian Far East presents plenty of challenges and Andrey Fatyanov, who skippers a freezer trawler owned by Interaros, the part of Russian Fishery Group, says that fishing life is never easy, but always interesting.
Award winning start-up, SafetyNet Technologies is attracting interest with its ground-breaking user-friendly technology which uses lights to attract and repel fish. This patented piece of technology the team call PISCES will take fishing to new dimensions and has huge potential to make the fishing industry more sustainable.
Jean-Baptiste Goulard only in his early twenties when the owner he was working for at the time gave him the chance he needed to own his own boat. Now he can see that change is needed and has been immersed in the Blue Wave project to develop a new vessel to take the place of the traditional groundfish trawler fishing from Brittany, and the first of these new trawlers is about to start taking shape.
The latest addition to the French trawl fleet was on show yesterday in Lesconil. The new trawler has been built for Julien le Brun, who operates four fishing vessels in Plobannalec-Lesconil.
Baffin Fisheries has announced its intention to build a new trawler to fish halibut and shrimp in Arctic waters close to Nunavut. The planned 75m LOA by 17 metre beam trawler will have a 1200 tonne hold capacity and will be double the size of the largest vessel currently operating from Nunavut.