Fuel efficiency, gear use and biofuel use in fishing

A series of other useful and sometimes detailed technical reports is available on the Seafish website here.

The website has the following topics:

• Biodiesel at Sea.
• Biofuel Engine Test Facility.
• Biofuels for the fishing industry.
• Containerised batch production.
• DEFRA Report.
• Diesel Fuel Additives Testing.
• Fuel additives summary for fishermen.
• SR578 Reduction of Netting Drag Trials.
• Evaluation of Twin vs Single rig trawls.
• Square mesh Twines Flyer.
• New Prawn Trawl Flyer.
• SR595 T90 Report.
• Report from an international workshop on seine net fishing held in Keflavik, Iceland, May 08.
• Seine Net Presentation.

Other fishing – energy related publications to consider including are

1. a paper by Friederike Ziegler (re energy inputs to Swedish cod fisheries)
2. and Thrane (re fuel inputs to Danish fisheries). I’ve attached pdf of both to the response e-mail
3. Also, here’s the full cite of another fishing and energy use paper that would ideally be included (pdf attached):
   Driscoll, J. and P. Tyedmers (2010) “Fuel Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission Implications of Fisheries Management: The case of the New England Atlantic herring fishery”. Marine Policy. 34(3):353-359.

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