Unit Code: BSF700

Unit Name: Fishing Craft and Gear Technology

Description: History and development of fishing gears; classification of fishing gears of world and Fiji. Factors that determine selection of fishing gears. Gears used in relation to fish and fishing area. Fishing gear materials. Preservation of netting and other accessories. Selection of gear materials. Parts of a trawl net, purse seine, gill net and tuna long lines. FAO classification of fishing gear and methods. Modern commercial fishing methods- Operation and classification of trawling, purse seining, lampara net fishing, gill netting, line fishing. Squid jigging. Selective fishing ? active fishing and passive fishing. Deck layout ? trawlers, purse seiners, long liners, gill netters and combination fishing. Fishing accessories and deck equipment ? types of winches, net haulers, line haulers, triple drum, gurdy, power blocks, fish pumps. Fish finder, GPS navigator, sonar, net sonde, gear monitoring equipment.

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Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: Student must be enrolled in the programme.

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1