It’s one of those ideas that’s so obvious that you have to wonder why it hasn’t been done before.
Icelandic trawl manufacturer Tor-Net has adapted its trawl designs by extending the side panels of pelagic gears all the way forward to the doors, closing the gap between the upper and lower sweeps to extend the trawl’s fishing area.
“We call it the Wall,” Tor-Net’s Victor Strange said.
He explained that skippers have told him how they have struggled with jumpy fish, losing them from the area between the doors before they were far enough into the gear opening to be inside the trawl.
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