Fishing and Gear Technology

Unit 12 - Trawl fishing gear and operation

11.6.Stern Trawling
11.6.6.Stern Trawling With gantry

Operation is similar to that of side trawling but carried over the stern.

• Small stern trawlers are usually single decked with transform stern
• Wide, clean working deck aft
• Wheel house and leaving room forward
• Forwarded engine room
• Fish holds are below the working deck
• Abaft the fish hold fuel tanks are located to allow control of trim
• Some vessels will have engine room aft and fish hold forward
• The winch is sited abaft the wheel house
• Gallows are situated aft on each side of the stern