First Sight...First Sight...

Before the advent of net instruments,the fisher-man was practically fishing blind.There was no way of telling the position of the trawl and nets would be destroyed on uneven ground,schoals would be missed and time would be wasted – all adding extra stress to an already stressful job!It was obvious to Simrad that the fisherman needed to see’under the water.He needed to know the net’s position in relation to the bottom,the surface,the fish and the vessel.He needed to know how much fish is in the net,at what rate it’s filling up.Though dedicated catch sensors were to come later,Simrad started to tackle these problems and in 1965,released the cable based FH Trawl Eye. Simrad,using Up/Down Echosounder technology was able to offer a wealth of information about the net,though the real revolution was yet to come…

The need for net instruments Net Instrumentation arrived later thanSonar and Echosounder. The technologyexisted, but it wasn’t until the sixties,when pelagic trawls started to grow insize that it was really needed. Once the need had been identifiedthough, Simrad went straight to workand was the first company to offer netinstrumentation.