{"id":475,"date":"2020-12-14T16:20:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/?p=475"},"modified":"2020-12-14T16:20:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:20:26","slug":"commercial-fishing-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/2020\/12\/14\/commercial-fishing-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial fishing vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a variety of fishing vessels which include trawlers, long-line craft, trap fishing craft, seiners, etc.  Each has a different method of catching fish and is equipped accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>seiner<\/strong> is a type of fishing vessel that uses sein nets to trap fish near the surface of the sea.<br \/>\nThe <strong>long-line<\/strong> vessels use a single line which could have up to 1000 lures on it.<br \/>\n<strong>Trap fishing<\/strong> applies to those craft that carry special traps which they lay in a target area.  These traps are used to catch crustaceans (ie prawns, crawfish, crabs) at the bottom of the sea.  They usually have large orange plastic floats attached.<br \/>\n<strong>Trawlers<\/strong> use special nets and trawling equipment to catch the bottom feeders.  In other words they catch fish that lie deep in the water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics of fishing craft.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe form of craft and the equipment to handle the catch differs according to the craft\u2019s purpose.  The following is a general view of their characteristics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The smaller craft are usually made of wood whilst the larger vessels are made of steel.<\/li>\n<li>They are also equipped with cold storage rooms for storing the catch until they return to harbour.<\/li>\n<li>They are equipped with special lifting gear to handle the nets and the catch.<\/li>\n<li>Trawlers have special gear with which they deploy their nets to keep them moving along the bottom and the nets open.<\/li>\n<li>Stern trawlers have a special ramp built into the stern over which the nets are deployed and recovered.<\/li>\n<li>All trawlers are equipped with winches specially fitted to handle their gear and the fish they catch.<\/li>\n<li>The position of the superstructure varies according to the type of vessel.  The stern trawlers have theirs\u2019 up forward, the majority of other types have it down aft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_278\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/10.2.7_fig_13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/10.2.7_fig_13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/10.2.7_fig_13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/10.2.7_fig_13-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/10.2.7_fig_13-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/10.2.7_fig_13-113x75.jpg 113w, https:\/\/maritimesa.org\/nautical-science-grade-10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/10.2.7_fig_13.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stern trawler Desert Diamond.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a variety of fishing vessels which include trawlers, long-line craft, trap fishing craft, seiners, etc. Each has a different method of catching fish and is equipped accordingly. The seiner is a type of fishing vessel that uses sein nets to trap fish near the surface of the sea. 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