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Artisanal fishing net float loss and a proposal for a float design solution

É comum a ocorrência de flutuadores extraviados, provenientes de redes de pesca do tipo emalhe. Geralmente apresentam-se quebrados e apresentam sinais de terem sido reparados. A análise desses flutuadores e entrevistas com pescadores sugerem duas causas principais para o extravio. Primeira, colisões entre equipamentos ativos, as redes de arrasto camaroeiras, ou equipamentos passivos, as redes de emalhe para peixes, com destruição e perda de materiais em ambos os casos. Como segunda causa destaca-se o método precário com que flutuadores são inseridos na tralha superior das redes de emalhe na época em que os recursos-alvo são predominantemente pelágicos. Tal inserção ocorre para substituir unidades danificadas ou perdidas ou ainda, em caráter sazonal, as que foram removidas na época em que a pesca era dirigida a recursos demersais. Este trabalho descreve um novo desenho de flutuador e testa sua eficácia, visando aumentar a retenção nos cabos e reduzir a perda.Plastic floats from fishing nets are commonly found washed up on beaches in southern Brazil. They are usually broken and show signs of having been repaired. Characteristics of floats and interviews with fishermen suggest two main causes of float loss. First, collisions between active gear, bottom trawl nets for shrimp, and passive gear, drift nets for fish, destroy nets and release fragments of them, including floats. Second, the difficulty with which floats are inserted on the float rope of the nets when they are used near the surface. Floats are inserted to replace damaged or lost floats, or they may be removed if it is desired that the nets be used in deeper waters. Floats may thus be poorly fixed to the cables and lost. Here a new float design that offers greater safety in use and for the replacement of floats is described and tested

Artisanal fishing net float loss and a proposal for a float design solution

Abstract Plastic floats from fishing nets are commonly found washed up on beaches in southern Brazil. They are usually broken and show signs of having been repaired. Characteristics of floats and interviews with fishermen suggest two main causes of float loss. First, collisions between active gear, bottom trawl nets for shrimp, and passive gear, drift nets for fish, destroy nets and release fragments of them, including floats. Second, the difficulty with which floats are inserted on the float rope of the nets when they are used near the surface. Floats are inserted to replace damaged or lost floats, or they may be removed if it is desired that the nets be used in deeper waters. Floats may thus be poorly fixed to the cables and lost. Here a new float design that offers greater safety in use and for the replacement of floats is described and tested