týsdagur 10. november 1987síða 17

þé Nr. 128 — 10. november 1987 Pumpan hjá Sólbjórn vakt ans á fram- i USA miklan altjóða sýning Sólbjern Jacobsen tykist hava góðan byrð við nýggju pumpuskipan síni Fleiri feroysk fiskiskip hava pumpuna. Her eru teir við at rigga hana til umborð á Gullfinni 7 tíðindablaðið Kosan Svanehøj, sum framleidir og marknadar- førir pumpuskipanina hjå Sólbjern Jacobsen, hevur stóra lýsing í Fishing News International nú um dagarnar Pumpan hjá Sólbjern Ja- cobsen í Havn hevur vakt miklan ans millum fiski- menn á eini altjóða fiskari- messu í Seattle í USA í hesum degum. Sambært tí stóra fiski- vinnublaðnum >„Fishing News International< verð- ur »Pilot« pumpuskipanin víst fram á Fish Expo- framsýningini. Blaðið greiðir frá, hvussu pumpuskipanin virkar, og skrivar, at tað var Sól- bjørn Jacobsen í Havn, sum uppfann hesa skipan- - modern technology for professional STR ina longu í 1981. Síðani er hon útviklað víðari, og í dag er tað so danska fyri- tøkan Kosan Svanehøj, sum ger pumpuskipanina og marknadarførir hana. Tad hevur ikki eydnast merking frå Sølbjørn Ja- cobsen. Hann er staddur i USA i løtuni, men vit hava frætt, at pumpu- skipanin hevur vakt mikl- an ans millum fiskimenn úr nógvum londum. okkum at fáa eina við- jan. Pilot pump clears — large catches WHEN Faroese factory trawler owmer Mortan aboard his trawler was the newly developed Pilot fish pump system. This was introduced last year at the World Fishing Exhibition in Copenhagen and has since beer under ngorous test and commercial applicatio h will be shown at Fist Expo by the firm Kosan Svaneho; in Denmark The Pilot pumr a uniGue solwborn to the pro lem of taking aboard large catches," says the firm. “ir miðwate: or-pelagc traw Ing. catches may exceed 200 or even 300 tons á tow Spe ces such as blue whiting herrings, sardines, mackere and horse mackere! can be handied on modern ramp stern irawlers in catches of up io 80-100 tons But due to the considerable pressure, the quality of the fish wil suffer, especially with the søfter fish such as hernngs and sardines * Several purse seiners are doubling as mid-water trawl- ers, particularly for blue wiiting. when fislung in the Síða 17 This drawing shows the Pilot pump system in operation North Atlantic west of Ire land. Scotland and around and Faroe Islands They use the so-called Norwegian method when taking in the cod-end and in reasonably good weather the method works weli enough with catches up to 400 tons But in rough weather, the ships have senous problems when they bnng caiches alongsuåe The cod-end siarts sinking and mav cause damage 10 traw! and deck gear The Pilot system helps to solve the problem Attached Before shooting the trawi, a fish pump with a throttie valve is attached to the end of the cod-end The pump hose and the hydraulic pipes are mounited outside the cod-end from the pump with the valve Catches up to 300 to 400 tons can be brought in by hauling the trawl partially onto the vessel with the cod-end in the sea. Then the pump hose and pipes are connected to points on the vessel and pumping starts immediately "Using the the firm, "it is possible to control and mantæn the correct relation between fish and water, and in this way it is possible to pump fish without damage caused by »verloaded cod-ends When pumping, the stup moves slowly forward and so prevenis the cod-end from sinking. This is ma! sylem, says particularly when fishung for horse mackerei mackerel and blue whiting The Pilot pump has been under development for more than six years It began with the inventor Sølbjorn Jakob- sen of Torshavn in 1981 The pump is now made and marketed by Kosan Svane ho; The sysiem wil be presented at Fish Expo in a video programme and the pump will de on show