ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Abstract
The deep sea multiday tuna drift gillnetters face
many risks while they engage in fishing. The cutting
and stealing of nets by fishermen of other boats
or damage of the nets by the ships is common. As
the total length of a net when set is around 5 to 6
nautical miles (nmi) and the fishing is carried out
during night, quite often the fishermen come to
know about the loss only at the time of hauling
the net. Another serious issue is the possibility of
collision with an approaching ship as sometimes
the fishing ground can be on the same track of a
ship and fishermen notice it only when the ship is
too near to them. Installation of fishing net tracking
buoy can effectively avoid these risks and enable a
hassle free fishing trip