i-Fish

20/05/2026

Injector Trawl Doors on their way to Northern Ireland for trial

20/05/2026

New 'Injector Scorpion' trawl doors being loaded for shipment to Northern Ireland for trial. Made by Morenot of Norway. These doors are for trial by Northern Irish and Southern Irish trawlers. Whilst this brand of trawl door has been dominant in the larger trawler fisheries (Iceland/Faroes/Greenland), it hasn't been tried much by the smaller

13/05/2026

Belitronic jigging machines delivered in today .... and all away out tomorrow.
Anyone using updated software at ver 1.2525 note to set the humidity alarm to 80% accessed by setting menus to 'extended'.

17/04/2026

Any Kilkeel boats going to Newlyn in the next 3 weeks?

05/04/2026

Edwin looking to save fuel and scale down in trawl door size a step or two!

24/02/2026

17/01/2026

Something new. Never worked onboard a boat and had to fight off a swan at the same time.

09/01/2026

Notus sensors serviced for Ardglass trawler. Now to check the steel door & clump pockets. A lot of problems arise due to old beat up steel pockets, being too big or too small or bent.

30/12/2025

Found this cutting recently I had cut from the Fishing News back in Sept ‘93.
Good photo of Lenny McLaughlin.

29/12/2025

Anyone interested in submitting for grant aid within the BIM's Small Scale Coastal Fisheries Scheme (for the smaller boats that don't tow gear, offering a 80% payback) or the Sustainable Fisheries Scheme (for the 12-24m boats offering a 50% payback), please note that the deadline is tomorrow.

The SSCF scheme includes 80% aid for Belitronic jigging machines.
The SFS scheme includes 50% aid for Simrad door sensor systems.

https://bim.ie/fisheries/