Barbadian Fishing Vessels

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Friday, 04 December 2009 10:59

Fishing vessels used in Barbados. Fishing vessels used in Barbados.

Moses are open boats 3-6 m in length; propelled either by oars or 10-40 hp outboard engines; used primarily for reef and coastal fisheries.

1moses_small

Launches or Dayboats are mostly wooden vessels 6-12 m in length; propelled by inboard diesel engines from 10-180 hp; used primarily for harvesting flyingfish and large pelagics on day trips.

dayboat1

Iceboats are usually greater than 12 m in length; propelled by inboard diesel engines; used primarily for harvesting flyingfish and large pelagics on trips of 5-10 days.

Iceboat

Longliners are greater than 12 m in length; propelled by inboard diesel engines; used primarily for fishing tunas and swordfish, with a bycatch of large pelagics, on trips of 7-14 days.

longliner1

Bookmark

Email this

Comments (1) Add Comment

Prospective Fishernan
written by John Brown, January 12, 2011

How hard would it be to import a fishing vessel from one of our neighbouring islands in terms of local procedure?

Write comment