Tag: “Fishing Industry Innovation”

Mobile Net Reel

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

When picking up bait at the State Fish Pier for our lobstermen this guy pulls up with a mobile gas powered net reel.  Back in the day when we had draggers taking out at our dock the process of moving different types of nets on and off boats was a long arduous task. You needed a ton of space to stretch the net out and lift section by section of the net onto trucks.  It took a while.  Now with this type of set up you can do the work in one tenth of the space.

This rig is pretty slick.  It is built on a trailer and there is a hydraulic tank powered by a honda generator which turns the drum.  Once the net is loaded on the trailer it can be transported wherever it needs to go.  Just another innovation allowing the fishery to do more with less space.

Video coming at 1PM

Mobile Net Reel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

The Stern Of The Boat Lines Up With The Mobile Net Reel
The Stern Of The Boat Lines Up With The Mobile Net Reel
The net under the green tarp will transfer to the mobile net reel
The net under the green tarp will transfer to the mobile net reel
Ready for transfer
Ready for transfer
The generator is fired up
The generator is fired up

Automatic Gillnet Setting Machine On Mike Leary’s Lori B

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here is the automatic gillnet setting machine on Mike Leary’s Lori B.  Video of it in operation at 8AM

Automatic Gillnet Seetting Machine On Mike Leary’s Lori B, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Stoga Shows Automatic Gillnet Setting Machine

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here, Stoga showcases a new fishing industry innovation for gillnetters aboard Mike Leary’s Lori B.  This hydraulic net setter eliminates the jobs of two men for setting the net back out on gillnetters.  The machine automatically spreads the net and sets it with the hydraulic motor (highlighted with the yellow arrow).  It glides back and forth to set nets from either side of the boat, port or starboard by gliding along the rails (highlighted by the black arrows).

Video tomorrow at 1PM

Stoga Shows Automatic Gillnet Setting Machine, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Western Venture Herring Management System

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The Herring gets pumped aboard and then travels down these shutes and diverted into whichever hold they want it to go with the removable slats.

Western Venture Herring Management System, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Boom Truck with Powerblock

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Boom Truck with Powerblock, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

This is the boom truck for the Western Venture Herring operations. Instead of a team of ten men handling the huge herring nets, the powerblock attached to the boom on this truck will load the net effortlessly so it can be brought to places like Swan Net up in the Blackburn Industrial park to be mended.