On the 10th of April the pair-trawlers m/v Fram and m/v
Vestmenningur began their season for Silver Smelt (Argentine).
Since then they have made 14 trips and caught 3.900 tons.
M/v Fram started the season using a new Vónin Super Height 403
metre trawl and they have expressed great satisfaction with the
new trawl. Their new Super Height has a vertical opening of 36-37
meters, whereas m/v Vestmennigur's 352 metre trawl has an opening
of 28-30 meters.
With the new trawl m/v Fram has continuesly had shorter tows than
m/v Vestmenningur, because they were reaching some extra layers of
fish, which were higher off the seabed.
The Vónin Super Height is the preferred trawl for catching Silver
Smelt (Argentine), but is also used for catching other species
such as Haddock, Saithe, Cod, Squid and Red Fish.
To read more about the Vónin Super Height please click
here
