CHOIR: Coalition for the Atlantic Herring Fishery's Orderly, Informed, and Responsible Long-Term Development

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View the Herring Midwater Trawlers in Action


Pair trawlers towing through tuna fleet on Georges


Pair midwater trawlers, net is strung between the two vessels


Pair trawlers, seperating, one boat will know pump the fish aboard


Pair trawlers towing past whale watching vessel


Pair trawler pumping fish aboard using vacuum pumps


Midwater trawl vessel pumping fish into their fishhold


Midwater trawler pumping fish aboard


Pair trawlers, getting ready to tow the net


Midwater trawler towing net towards humpback whale


Whiting bycatch, discarded by midwater trawler


165 foot midwater trawler


Midwater Trawler


Pair Trawlers, one holding each end of the net


Pair trawlers towing towards tuna boats


4 sets of pair midwater trawlers (8 boats) towing through the same area


9 midwater trawlers fishing the same area, later in the day (8 pair trawlers, 1 single)


Midwater trawler towing off Maine coast


Midwater trawler


Midwater trawler


Midwater trawler, working on net


Midwater trawler, net hanging off stern. Polyballs hanging off port side
for coming together with sister pair trawl vessel


Same midwater trawler. Note the vacuum pumps and transport system for
herring. Fish are sucked out of the net into the hold.


Jeffrey’s Ledge,Midwater trawler, pumping fish aboard


150’ Pair trawlers towing off Cape Ann, MA


Same two trawlers fishing off Cape Ann, MA


Trawler unloading, fish are being pumped out of the vessel using large
hoses.


Fish being pumped from boat into holding tank


Two pair trawlers headed by Cape Ann towards Gloucester Harbor


Wheelhouse of midwater trawler


Pair trawlers, net is stretched between the two vessels

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