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Stern Trawl (FGT_21)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: fgt_21.ttl
- Name
sternTrawl- Attribute
- FGT Fishing Gear Type
- Definition
- In stern trawling the trawl is set and hauled over the stern, employing either midwater or bottom trawl equipment.
- Description
- Stern trawlers are designed with or without a ramp, depending on the size of the vessel. Some pelagic stern trawlers are built without a ramp. Stern trawlers are built for nearly all weather conditions. Trawlers can work as single vessel in bottom or midwater trawling or as pair trawlers where two vessels tow one large trawl or a double trawl.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- FC187 Fishery Species Distribution
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.