Osprey trawl doors from Morgère are proving popular with fishermen in the Mediterranean, with skippers delighted by their performance. Trials with Osprey trawl doors were recently carried out on board the fishing vessel Roger Christian, based in Sète, with the skipper remarking: “We have been bottom trawling with Osprey trawl doors which don't touch the seabed, and the results have been...

Morgère, the leading French trawl door manufacturer, is moving from its historic base in Saint Malo to a new purpose-built manufacturing facility in Miniac-Morven, which is about 20km away. After more than 100 years based at the port of Saint Malo, the new and larger 2,500m² manufacturing unit in Miniac-Morvan is currently under construction and is expected to become fully operational this...

The French fishing vessel, Juliarth 2, has taken delivery of a new set of Osprey trawl doors, with the skipper pleased with their performance and the fuel savings achieved. The Juliarth 2, skippered by Arnaud Dufourcq, is based at Le Grau-du-Roi on the Mediterranean coast, and the fishing results with the new Osprey doors have been good. The Osprey is a semi-pelagic trawl door, and...

Trawl door manufacturer, Morgère, has appointed Amaury Hervé as sales manager in a move to develop new business in both the French and international markets. Amaury brings tremendous experience to Morgère, having trained at the Maritime School in Paimpol, after which he became a fisherman and then mechanic with the CMA-CGM company. Most recently he was an officer-mechanic with the same...