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Trawl the Livelong Day

July 10, 2017
TAS ’17 Chris Murdock captured this view of a beautiful Gulf of Mexico sunset behind NOAA Ship Oregon II’s trawl gear.

Photo: Chris Murdock

The type of system used aboard the Oregon II is called an "otter trawl," which is the most common type of trawl used in the Gulf of Mexico to harvest shrimp. This enormous net forms a large cone shape once deployed. A trawling net has several main components... Attached to the net itself are large wooden boards, called otter boards that are located on the main cable between the ship and the net. Water resistance forces the doors to spread and open the net. Inevitably, the organisms caught get held in the cod end of the net, which is the tip of the cone.
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