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The Sea was Fused with His Heart, Can’t be Separated Again

“Sail has become my routine work. So this has been merged Sinaboi Sea with my heart. Despite it’s now shallow, still she was able to provide livelihood to me …”

Unload bambo fish trap: Abu Hasan (83) smile when unload fish from the waters, Sinaboi Kecil Village, District of Rokan Hilir, Riau, Indonesia. Today cacht dominantly is Sembilang fish (Sea cat Fish).

EYE Abu Hasan (87) peered farther into the strait between the island Sinaboi, seat of the chair provided by a coffee shop owner (akau) located in the Sineboi Kecil Village and only about 100 meters from the beach Sinaboi Strait.

With eyelids already beginning to fall and the blackened scars visible, then his eyebrows and head covered with white hair had started, the child remained with her eyes still look sharp and without wearing glasses. His eyes were focused on every now and then a passing fishing boat in the Strait Sinaboi and also the residents who came in the coffee shop.
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Faithful native fishermen with this Sinaboi Strait, occasionally sucking deep clove cigarette in his fingers. Then release slowly from his lips that had eaten the black due to age and also due to the heat of the embers of a cigarette into his friend had been fishing. (more…)

The Most Advanced Fishing Vessels in The World

Fishing Vessel Nordborg named as VINGTOR’s Largest ACM Advanced Communications System User

One of the largest VINGTOR ACM Advanced Integrated IP based systems delivered in 2008 was to Hvalnes P/F and their newest vessel F/V Nordborg of the Faroe Islands. Delivered by Tórshavn-based marine electronics firm Vikmar, the 83.5m long purse seiner/pelagic trawler is claimed to be one of the most advanced fishing vessels in the world.


Onboard Electronics

Word has already spread about the vessel’s vast holding and freezing capacities, (RSW hold capacity of 1.230m3 and two freezing holds optimised for pallets with a capacity of 2,500m3 respectively) however little has been revealed about the onboard electronics. The 83.5m long vessel has been fitted with the most modern electronics, communication and fish-finding equipment (more…)

Modern Seiner – Global Seine Fishing Vessel Classification

Seiners

Seiners are fishing vessels which use surrounding and seine nets. Seiners can be contrasted with trawlers. Both these vessels use nets, but a trawler tows the net through the water, whereas a seiner usually surrounds the fish with the net. This is a large group ranging from open boats as small as 10 metres in length, to ocean going vessels. There are also specialised gears that can target demersal species.

Modern Tuna Purseiner – Tuna Purseine Fishing Vessel

Modern Seiners

1. Purse seiners

Are very effective at targeting aggregating  pelagic species near the surface. The seiner circles the shoal with a deep curtain of netting, possibly using bow thrusters for better manoeuvrability. Then the bottom of the net is pursed (closed) underneath the fish shoal by hauling a wire running from the vessel through rings along the bottom of the net and then back to the vessel. The most important part of the fishing operation is searching for the fish shoals and assessing their size and direction of movement. Sophisticated electronics, such as echosounders, sonar, and track plotters, (more…)

Effective Tuna Trap – Floating Sea Trap Structure

TUNA TRAP DESIGN LA TONNARA

Super Efective Tuna Trap, The Chamber of Death trap,  mediteranean tuna trap,  gibraltar tuna trap,  italian tuna trap,  Sicilia tuna trap, andalusian tuna trap, tuna trap net. Illustration picture by P. Massidda.

Arabian floating architecture in Sicily; La Tonnara the Chamber of Death.‘The mattanza was the ritualistic annual slaughter of tuna by Sicilian fisherman, as the Giant Tuna entered the Mediterranean each (more…)

Longline Fishing Depth Setting for Large Pelagic

Tuna Species / Size Vs Depth Swimming, source www.sustunable.com : Large Pelagic Depth – Tuna Depth Swimming, Reference for longline fishing depth setting, targeting large pelagic; Bigeye Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Dogtooth Tuna, Southern Blue fin, (more…)