Fishing gear
Bottom trawl:
High opening shrimp and fish trawl with rubber bobbins of 50 cm diametre. Headrope 41 m. Opening height during trawling approximately 6 m. Mesh size in the wings 40 mm, gradually reduced to 20 mm in the cod end.
Pelagic trawl:
Capelin trawl with four equal panels, approximately 30 x 30 m at opening. Height during trawling varying between 12 and 15 m, the larger when trawling with extra floats at the surface. Mesh size at cod end 20 mm.
The pelagic trawl is monitored with a cable connected net
sonde.
