Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K73/00—Drawn nets
  • A01K73/02—Trawling nets
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K75/00—Accessories for fishing nets; Details of fishing nets, e.g. structure

Definitions

• the described invention concerns a device for trawls that makes the codend of the trawl able to retain fish larger than a certain size, while smaller fish are given a possi- bilty to escape through the new device.
• the trawl is a large funnel of net meshes pulled through the water by a vessel and fish that enters the open part in front of the trawl are herded into the trawl and will become the catch in the aft and closed part of the trawl, the codend.
• the codend of this fishing gear has a given (legal) mesh size in order to obtain such release of small fish.
• the riciple of the known device which will be mentioned and described later on, is based on a construction where a "window" was placed in the upper section of the trawl close to the codend.
• the window was covered by a rigid metal grid, where the distance between the bars of the grid made it possible for small fish to escape.
• the invention under consideration will thus be an improved version of the above described device, which allows for a significant improve ⁇ ment with respect to size selectivity of fish and escape ⁇ ment of juvenile fish.
• Fig. la and lb are respectively showing a priciple sketch of a normal bottom trawl and the known device appli ⁇ ated to this.
• Fig. 2 show a sideview through the new device placed in a trawl in a comparable way as the known device.
• Fig. 3a, 3b and 3 ⁇ are respectively showing a ground plan, a side view and a perspective sketch of a typical sorting grid used in the new device.
• Fig. 4a, 4b and 4c are respectively showing a ground plan, a side view and a perspective sketch of the second sorting grid used in the new device.
• Fig. 5a, 5b and 5c are respectively showing a ground plan, a side view and a perspective sketch of the aft stop sec- tion used in the new device.
• Fig. 6 show a principle sketch illustrating how the new device, when fitted into a trawl, does function.
• Fig. 7-11 show selectivity results from experiments made with trawls using the new device. With respect to Fig. 1 it is shown a normal bottom trawl 1 made of largemeshed netmaterial with a codend 2, where the catch will be collected.
• Fig. lb show the known device fitted into the trawl, i.e. Fig. la.
• the known device consist of a tilted (oblique) sorting grid 3 that stretches from the upper part of the trawl 4 to the bottom (lower part) of the trawl 5.
• an aft stop section 6 which may be made of a strong canvas or platelike material.
• Fig. 2 show a sideview of the principle by the new sorting device due to the excisting invention fitted to a trawl at the same position as shown in Fig. la, where the corres- ponding figures has the same meaning as in Fig. 2a.
• the new sorting device consists of a main sorting grid 3 fastened inside and along the net from the upper panel of the trawl and down to the midseam/half distance between the top of the upper panel 4 and the bottom of the lower panel 5.
• the main sorting grid 3 is jointed to the second sorting grid 3' .
• the second grid 3' is at location 8 jointed to a stop section 6 which mainly is built up of a "waterproof" canvas (pvc material). The function of this stop section is to lead the water flow through the sorting grids away from the net and thus guide escaping juvenile fish away from the trawl.
• the main sorting grid 3 has an angle of attack of 25° or more lengthwise to the trawl, while the second grid 3' runs parallel or slightly angled to this direction as indicated in Fig. 2.
• the stop section 6 has an angle of attack of approximately 20° lengthwise to the trawl.
• Fig. 3a-3c show a more detailed picture of the sorting grid 3 in Fig. 2.
• the sorting grid 3 is made of an outer frame 10 where a number of bars 11 are welded to it. Both the frame and the bars are made of stainless steel (18.8) and the distance should preferentially be no smaller than 55 mm (based on regulations on minimum landing sizes for cod and haddock caught in the Barents Sea).
• the length of the sorting grid 3 could be 1,5 m or more (or less).
• the sorting grids are rounded (R200) as shown in Fig. 3b and 3c.
• Fig. 4a-4c does in a corresponding way show the second sorting grid 3' which is made of the same material and built in a corresponding way as the main sorting grid 3, but it may be shorter than the main sorting grid 3.
• Fig. 5a-5c show the stop section 6 which is made of a stainless steel (18.8) outer frame 50 whereto a solid pvc canvas 51 is fastened by a thick twine (rope) 52. As an alternative to the canvas, bars with very small distance could be used.
• the stop section has approximately the same dimensions as the sorting grids 3 and 3' .
• stop section As already mentioned the function of the stop section is to guide away escaping fish (that passes out through the grids 3 and 3' ) up and away from the latter section (codend) of the trawl.
• Fig. 6 show a perspective drawing of how the sorting device do function.
• the sorting grids 3 and 3* do not act as passive filters, but their function is based on natural behaviour of fish. Out of a number of factors the sensitivity to light in fish is utilized. As the fish approaches the grid area there will be a signifi ⁇ cant change in light penetration through upper part of the trawl body. Fish will seek towards the more bright area, i.e. between the bars of the sorting grids 3 and 3'. Addi ⁇ tionally, the waterflow through the sorting grids 3 and 3' will be higher than in the adjacant areas, which is impor ⁇ tant to guide fish towards the sorting grids and between the bars.
• the distance between the bars of the sorting grids will decide the rate of selectivity, i.e. sizes of fish that escapes through the sorting grids 3 and 3' in relation to sizes of fish retained by the trawl.
• a number of experi- merits at sea are made to test the function of the new sorting device, and it is shown that a very good selectiv ⁇ ity is achieved,significantly better than what is possible to obtain by changes of the mesh size in the normal trawl codends.

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• 1991
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  • 1992-04-14 AU AU16636/92A patent/AU1663692A/en not_active Abandoned
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