Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title New fuel and catch efficient active fishing gear concepts based on trawl and seine Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Svein Helge Gjøsund Coordinator email Svein.H.Gjosund@fish.sintef.no
Coordinator institution
SINTEF - SINTEF (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2009 End year 2013 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary Marine vessels, incl. fishing vessels, are substantial contributors to total NOx emissions in all major maritime nations. In addition, the recent dramatic increase in fuel costs has put large parts of the international fishing fleet in an acute situation. Increased flexibility wrt. fishing gear and method, and optimization of the gears, is one obvious path to follow in order to reduce environmental emissions and increase profitability. In the proposed project the potential advantages of combining demersal trawl and Danish/Scottish seine technologies will be investigated, simulated and tested. This includes a methodically well founded approach to fishing strategy and overall vessel operation and management, development of new fishing gear concepts (e.g. u pscaling and modification of seine nets to larger trawl-like dimensions and applications) and simulation tools, a review of current knowledge of factors governing and influencing catch efficiency of demersal trawl and seine, and structural- and hydrodynamic optimization of active demersal fishing gears. Leading international fishery technology research groups are involved in the project, using state of the art computation and simulation software and laboratory facilities. The fishing fleet and fishing in dustry will be involved through workshops and more, and the Norwegian Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Research Fund (FHF) contributes with 20% of the project funding. The project intends to deliver scientific as well as industrially applicable results of a high standard. The proposed broad approach, paying due attention to strategic, operational, technical and biological aspects, is considered essential for rational fisheries technology research in the future.
Keywords
Gear technology;
Trawling;
Fishing technology;
Marine Region
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
4
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