Recent advances in fishing gear technology

Abstract

The major concern of fisheries and aquaculture is to reduce the widening gap between fish demand and supply and achieve the ultimate goal of self-sufficiency in fish production, but this can only be achieved if technology advances.  This paper reviews the recent advances that have been made in fishing gear technology. In fishing gears, gears like turtle excluder devices, Nordmore grid, purse seine, lift net, trawling, dredges etc., are now being used in replacement of the old gears, such as hooks made from wood and bone. Fishing craft like bamboo, floating logs, papyrus rafts were used before they were replaced with canoes. Technology has really played a crucial role in the development of fisheries and aquaculture worldwide.