date:Jul 25, 2012
overall drag on the seabed. Initial findings suggest that the roller ball process has provided somewhere between 14 per cent and 20 per cent reduction in the towed weight of the gear.
Gus Caslake, Project Manager for Seafish, commented: The initial results from this trial are positive. The roller ball system certainly reduces impact on the seabed resulting in less by-catch. It is early days and we are continuing to collate our findings, which we hope to publish in the coming weeks. We are optim