Bottom trawling
Scapêche has 13 boats which practice bottom trawling. The trawl is towed by the boat by means of steel cables called trawl warps. The net is opened horizontally by otter boards, usually rectangular, situated 50 to 100 metres in front of the trawl, which push outwards. Vertical opening is by floats situated at the front top end of the net. One boat generally tows a trawl. This is the case for the Scapêche boats Jean-Claude Coulon II, Mariette Le Roch II, Pierre-Jacques Matigny, Claude Moinier II, Alya, Effera and Héliotrope . It also has 6 boats that practise pair trawling (Fastnet, Julien Coléou, Ksora, Rossoren, Bougainville and La Pérouse) , in which the boat simultaneously tows two trawls with the aid of special rigging. With this technique Scapêche catches species living near the seabed.
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