Current Fishing Methods Sample Clauses

Current Fishing Methods. Currently most fishing vessels in the Azerbaijan sector of the Southern Caspian use cone- shaped nets for kilka fishing with the use of electric light. Electric fishing is widely used and was developed by Xxxxxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxxx. Later, developing this method further, I.V. Nikonorov and others used fish pumps, attracting fish with electric light. The high efficiency of new fishing methods has resulted in significant improvements in the volume of fish caught and the proportion of kilka caught within a haul with the use of electric light reaches up to 80%. Fishing for kilka in the Caspian Sea with the use of subsea electric light is most important as kilka are attracted to the light and gather near the catching devise. Later, centrifugal fish pumps and then airlifts were used for fishing. All three types of fishing are used on the Caspian i.e.: · Cone-shaped purse nets; · Centrifugal fish pumps; and · Airlift. Light attracts all three species of kilka; however anchovy kilka makes up the major share of commercial catches when fishing in water depths of 00-000x xxxxx xxx xxxxx. Xxxxxxx xxxxx lives in the open water of the Middle and Southern Caspian, avoiding low salinity water, while ordinary kilka are found in shallower nearshore waters (25-50m). In summer commercial populations of kilka are found all along the western and eastern coast of Caspian Sea, up to the Northern Caspian. The largest commercial populations of ordinary kilka can be found from the Mangyshlak peninsular to Kenderli Bay in the east and in the area of Makhachkala in the west. Regions especially rich with ordinary kilka in the southern part of the sea are Kianly- Turkmenbashi on the eastern coast, southwards from Salyan – Pirsagat on the western coast (Azerbaijan territorial waters). In these areas kilka is found in large quantities in winter as well. Fishing for kilka is carried out the year round (with the exception of May and June) from seine boats РС-300, specially re-equipped for kilka fishing in the Caspian Sea. Earlier commercial fishing was carried out mainly from refrigerator vessels such as “Druzhba” and “Zelenodolsk”. Vessels of “Druzhba” type are 57.2m long, 9m wide, displacement 850 ton and deadweight 180 ton. They operate with the use of two diesel-generators, 300 horsepower (hp) each, their cruising capacity is 20 days. These vessels were gradually replaced by vessels of “Zelenodolsk” type, which are 55.35m long, 9.5m wide, displacement 985 ton and deadweight 305 ton. They ar...