Barentszee Of Ladram

BEAM TRAWLER

About

BARENTSZEE

Barentszee works a crew of up to seven, with the wheelhouse team working two trips at sea and one ashore, while the deck crew work a three to one routine. They fish for a variety of groundfish species that are landed in Brixham, and Barentszee’s crew concentrate on short tows to maximise quality, and short trips to ensure that fish reaches the auction as fresh as possible. Skipper Shaun Gibbs and his crew were central to the 50% project that was run some years ago in Brixham with CEFAS to minimise by-catches of undersized fish, with the experimental gear trialled extensively on board Barentszee to optimise mesh sizes, testing the trial gear on one side against standard gear the other. This involved fitting larger mesh sizes to the front sections and bellies of trawls to minimise by-catches of benthos and juvenile fish, and the project was highly successful, with the whole Brixham fleet following Barentszee’s lead on this.

Vessel Stats

METHOD: Beam Trawler
CALL SIGN: MPKP8
REGISTERED PORT: Brixham
HOME PORT: Brixham
PORT LETTERS: BM361
OVERALL LENGTH: 30.55
BREADTH:: 7.8m
YEAR OF BUILD:: 1984
CREW SIZE: 6
AREA FISHED: Area 7 / SW Approaches
FISH CAUGHT: Dover Sole, Plaice, Monkfish, Gurnard, Ray, Pout, Cuttlefish. other mixed fish

At larger end of the fleet at 30 metres long with a 7.80 metre beam, Barentszee’s engine power is similar to that of the company’s other vessels, and this combination makes for a very comfortable and safe vessel. It was built in Belgium in 1984 and fished from Zeebrugge before joining the UK fleet. Barentszee is one of the stalwarts of the Brixham fleet, and it has been refitted and re-engined several times to keep in up to standard. Over the years its ownership has changed at intervals, and many of Brixham’s skippers cut their teeth as crew on the Barentszee over the years.

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