We were able to give them a tour of the river, pull an otter trawl and do a plankton tow. Pulling an otter trawl is always an adventure. You never know what you will encounter and catch.

The subject is a vast one, for Mr. Davis's account ranges from the single hook hand-line to the modern otter trawl, from the whelk-pot to the fish weir nearly a quarter of a mile long. The most ...

For instance, a single pass with the widely used “otter trawl” kills about 6% of seabed animals, while a scallop dredge kills closer to 14%. EU proposals to curb bottom trawling have triggered ...

The Seawolf employs an otter trawl to collect its catch and the two enormous doors that hold the net open hung at the stern. They looked ancient — iron-reinforced wood panels battered by many ...

The primary reason contributing to high fuel consumption is the hydrodynamic drag created by the trawl and its accessories. Otter boards are used for keeping the horizontal opening of the trawl ...

The V-shaped otter boards for trawl nets developed by a team of researchers at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) in Kochi has been found to help reduce diesel consumption by ...