- Limited Space on the Stern
- Smaller Hull
- Not a lot of HP
- No winch capacity to speak of
BUT, YOU REALLY WANT TO MIDWATER TRAWL
Well, Mon Amis . . . you found the right place!
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The Aluette Midwater System, complete with Icelandic designed Hendricksson Dihedral doors, is the lightest rig you will ever use to sample the Epipelagic or Mesopelagic zones. Its capable of working in 2- 150 fathoms with little adjustments and it can go deeper with additional Weight Plates and Depressor chain.
It reponds extremely fast .
Its much "quieter" , due to the smaller twine size
Its built in a variation of mesh sizes from 300mm to 4mm to hold the smallest of Y.O.Y. samples or Year 2-3 fishes.
4-6 Fathom Corklines x 3-5 fathoms Wings . . . its small, compact and fast!
Prices fluctuate, but generally, we can set you up with a complete net, doors, hardware and bridles for about the same price you would pay for a commercial set of steel midwater doors alone.
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Samples of 5mm through 75mm fish. Beaufort Sea.
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| The Elusive, Y.O.Y. Arctic Cod |
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One of the biggest Urban (Trawl) Legends is that you have to have small mesh to catch small fish.
IF your Net Geometry is correct and your water flow is stable ( NO Internal Pressure Waves)....a 35mm mesh like shown here can and will take a 15mm fish like this Year-0 Arctic Cod.
* All photos courtesy of NOAA*
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Shown here are 2 (two) Complete sets of Aluette trawls, 4 ( four)Hendricksson doors and all bridles and hardware, on a 40"x40" pallet heading for Alaska.
These are Ballerinas . . . NOT . . . NFL Linebackers.
They are Light, Fast, Nimble, Quiet, and they get the job done for far less $$$$.
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Shown here is one of our older 6 ftm. x 5 ftm/ x 42/12mm models, made entirely from HDPE.
Take careful note to see that these two researchers are deploying the trawl and soon, the doors ALL BY HAND!
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The Aluette comes built in a variety of designs each fabricated to do several things all with the same net. It can go deep, shallow, turn quicker and dive faster than any other Research Midwater gear we have seen. It samples in the ocean, river systems, reservoirs and lakes.....it takes fish from 5mm through .75 Meter in length.
It can be worked from an 25' skiff or a 150 Meter vessel.
NO! It is not meant for taking commercial loads of adult anything.....it is meant to takes samples of Y.o.Y through 2-3 year class fish.
Built in UHDPE ( Dyneema™) , HDPE or a combination of both, the Aluette is an easy trawl to work with on limited back deck space.
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Hendricksson (Icelandic) Midwater trawl doors.
- 21 different settings
- 75 pounds each door max weight, fully rigged with Ballast plates
- 36" H x 18" Wide or 42" H x 19" Wide
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