Cruise report «Heliotrope» (Rapport fra Havforskningen nr. 42-2016)

A collaboration agreement between Scapeche and Institute of Marine Research (IMR) - a part of the two-year French project Pasamer, which objective is to develop an autoline fishery for hake and black scabbard. The project is based on fishing trials carried out on board “Heliotrope”, which is a former trawler that has been rebuilt and fitted with Fiskevegn automatic longline system.of IMR's role in the project is to give advice on the use of autoline in general and to assist in the development of a longline fishery targeting hake and black scabbard.