Table 14.10 Vessel and Gear Specifications of a Typical Lowestoft based Longliner
Specifications of a Lowestoft based longliner Homeport
Fishing association Length Beam Draft
Main engine
Average days at sea per year Typical trip duration
Typical distance steamed per trip Length of mainline No. of snoods Hook size
Type of anchor
No. of anchors per fleet Anchor weight and size Type of gear marker
No. of markers per fleet Direction of shooting Bait
Typical soak time 14.4.13.2 Driftnetting
187. Fleets of demersal driftnets used by the local fleet typically comprise of between three to five trammel12 nets with a six foot rise between 100 to 200m long giving a total length between 0.5 and 1km. Up to three fleets are worked across the flooding tide drifting for distances between 1.8 to 3.7km depending on ground type and tidal conditions. Each end of the fleet is marked with a dhan (often with a radar reflector) and buff. The method requires clean ground free of fasteners and heavy mud to allow the nets to fish efficiently. For this reason driftnetting grounds tend to be more localised than those which can be targeted by other methods such as longlining. Driftnets can be fished all year round by the local fleet but are most
12 Trammel nets are formed by three layers of meshes, a smaller, slack inner mesh layered between two panels of larger meshes to form a bag when fish enter the net.
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Lowestoft
National Fishermen’s Federation Organisation (NFFO) 10m 4m
1.5m
221bhp 200 days
24 to 36 hours Up to 60nm 4nm
4,000 7/0
Grapnel / Fishermen’s 2/100
8kg and 1kg
Dhan and buoy Two to four Across tide
Squid, whelk, herring 3 to 24 hours
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