Morgére has launched an innovative new semi-pelagic trawl door called Osprey that offers excellent gear stability and reduced fuel consumption when fishing.

The robust and powerful steel Osprey trawl doors have been specially designed so that they provide excellent performance when fishing both on and just above the seabed. The V-profile provides good stability, which ensures the doors can be fished with a low angle of attack so as reduce drag and fuel consumption.

Osprey is ideally suited for the challenging fishing conditions found in the North Atlantic and much interest in the new door was shown by Icelandic skippers at the recent IceFish exhibition in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Already, two sets of Osprey doors have been sold to Icelandic operators with further sets now also being used by Canadian and French skippers.

Michel Dagorn of Morgére said: “The Osprey has been rigorously tested in working sea trials with excellent results. It is an exciting new design that gives fishermen the option to fish both on and just above the seabed.”