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7603805 |
Fish catching system
A fish catching system for includes a fishing pole and a fishing net to receive a fish landed by a user of the fishing pole. A support assembly engages and extends between the fishing net and the...
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7325356 |
Mechanical netting device
A motor-driven mechanical netting device includes a net assembly, a slide assembly, a bracket, and a mount. The slide assembly is structured to support the net assembly and includes a guide bar....
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7165502 |
Trawling vessel with a lock chamber
A trawling vessel is provided with a trawl net ( 5 ) for catching marine bio-resources, with a trawl sack ( 3 ) attached aft on a trawl net ( 5 ) for keeping the catch. The vessel comprises lines (...
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6918203 |
Foot operated fishing net tipper
The present invention relates to a foot operated fishing net tipping apparatus releasably attached to a fishing boat comprising: a boat-attaching portion, a net-holding portion, a lock portion, a...
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6779292 |
Large mesh commercial fishing netting and method of manufacture
In a preferred embodiment, fishing netting, including: a plurality of meshes formed from straps of twine, each strap having loops formed at each end thereof and at the center thereof, each loop...
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6643972 |
Device to assist in the throwing of a cast net
A device for throwing a cast net that facilitates the throwing and improved deployment of said cast net. The device is predominatly disc shaped and contains a multiplicity of radial openings that...
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6474012 |
Cast net throwing device
A cast net throwing device is provided for use with a cast net including a netting defining a mesh, with the netting being bounded at an outer periphery by a lead line, and the cast net further...
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6269763 |
Autonomous marine vehicle
An autonomous marine vehicle is disclosed, the vehicle comprising a rigid hull having an interior and a periphery, a deck joining the rigid hull at the periphery; and a rigid mast pivotally...
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6065239 |
Twist closure drop fishing net
An automatically closing drop fishing net is provided for commercial fishing operations. The drop net assembly includes an upper float ring, a lower weight ring, and a net formed in a generally...
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5979100 |
Cast net having easily replaceable brails
An improvement in cast nets includes a first ring to which a throw rope is releasably attached and a second ring that is interconnected to the first ring by a housing that allows the rings to...
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5291681 |
Means for handling a long line on a fishing vessel
Apparatus for handing monofilament fishing line including a plurality of branch lines with associated hooks is disclosed including an elongated substantially cylindrical body mounted on the bow of...
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5245780 |
Automatic outrigger control
An outrigger device is provided for automatically controlling outriggers on a fishing boat. The device comprises three strut members connected to a side surface on a fishing boat at given points....
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5042187 |
Brine shrimp harvester
An apparatus for harvesting floating brine shrimp colonies from open water is disclosed. The apparatus includes a boat fitted with a driven roller arrangement adapted to engage and retrieve a...
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5020464 |
Brailing system for commercial fishing boats
A brailing system for commercial fishing boats that speeds the process of taking the fish from the pursing net that has been gathered next to the ship and transferring the fish into the storage...
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4995187 |
Crab pot managing device
A fishing vessel device having open faced pulleys attached to a pivotal plate member of a traveling assembly. The traveling assembly is winched along a slide rail attached perpendicular to a...
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4894943 |
Method and apparatus for gathering fish from the bunt of a net
A mechanically driven brailer for fish from the bunt of a net includes a handle, a brailer hoop, and brail net attached to the hoop. The brailer hoop is hinged to the handle such that it maintains...
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4736541 |
Trolley assembly for fishing nets
A trolley assembly for use upon a line which is anchored in the water for retrieving a fishing net. The trolley assembly includes a weighted body member having a pair of trolley arms extending...
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4646448 |
Oyster dredging apparatus
An apparatus for dredging bottom dwelling seafood such as oysters is comprised of a collecting basket pivotally carried by a frame, the basket having a pair of parallel arms rigidly fixed thereto....
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4607448 |
Apparatus for casting a net
A device for throwing a casting net comprising a generally circular open top receptacle having a sidewall and a bottom, the bottom having a central portion which is substantially upwardly conical...
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4580766 |
Line or net hauling apparatus
Line or net hauling apparatus is disclosed comprising a drum having a cylindrical surface from which project a plurality of generally radially extending engagement members each having a first...
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4490936 |
Powered net hauling block with tilt mechanism for net balancing
A net-hauling, power-driven block, the frame of which is suspended from a trolley movable along a track extending between upward extensions of the frame sides. A hydraulic motor on the trolley...
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4455778 |
System for handling of fishing gears
A system for the transfer of a net formed fishing gear to a bin (2) aboard a vessel (1), which in association with a pull means (5) comprises a guide means (6) which is adapted to perform a...
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4449315 |
Purse ring control apparatus for fishing vessels
Apparatus is disclosed for handling the purse rings of a net when brought alongside a fishing vessel by the net's purse line. A power operated davit arrangement maneuvers the purse rings by the...
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4366639 |
Shaking machine for fishing nets
A shaking machine for shaking fish out of drift nets includes a shaking fence at the forward end thereof for receiving a drift net to be shaken, the shaking fence being reciprocally driven so as to...
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4365575 |
Marine scoopers for porpoises and tuna - porpoise-escape-way
A barge or skiff equipped with a pair of (water tight) 7-shaped hollow arms pivotally attached to the bow sides and operated to free tuna-herding porpoises from a tuna seine enclosure and snatch...
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4354667 |
Crab pot line hauler
The improved crab pot line hauler's drive motor, sheave and associated line guide means having a common support are mounted as a composite unit on pivotal support bearings that permit the unit to...
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4347680 |
Gill net hauling and fish removing system
An improved gill net hauling and fish picking system employing a net modified by incorporation of a longitudinal suspender line secured to the mesh along its length midway between cork line and...
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4324061 |
Casting net holding device
A fisherman's casting net holder consisting of a plate, an arcuate horn attached to the front of the plate, and a device for adjustably carrying the plate on the chest portion of the caster's body....
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4309837 |
Apparatus for shaking fish free from gillnets, longlines and similar fish capturing means
Apparatus for shaking fish free from gillnets, longlines and similar fish capturing means as such fish capturing means are hauled aboard a fishing vessel so as to disentangle fish individually...
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4234164 |
Line hauler for crab pots and the like
A long life crab pot hauling system is provided with longer life than before available in a harsh salt water marine environment and with operation from an energy saving low power gasoline motor...
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4209920 |
Oyster dredging apparatus
Apparatus for mounting on the deck of a vessel which is useful for dredging oysters or other marine animals from water bottoms which is comprised generally of the combination of (a) a dredge, (b) a...
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4204354 |
Articulated fishing drum
An articulated fishing drum assembly especially adapted to be operated in a first lower operating position or a second upper operating position. The drum assembly comprises a pair of piston and...
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4188687 |
Stopper components for use in fishing trawls
A stopper component for use in a fishing trawl which is made of metal and which includes first and second closed loops each defining an aperture, said closed loops merging to form a central portion...
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4171586 |
Purse seine hairpin retainer
A purse seine hairpin retainer and purse ring handling method which simplifies and lessens the danger involved in collecting and securing the purse rings that are attached to the base of a fish net...
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4142754 |
Fish brailer
A series of bag shaped nets is hung in the fish locker of a ship or barge to receive fish caught in the ocean. Each net has four suspension loops on its upper end and hanger hooks are arranged in...
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4132025 |
Gangion enwrapment control apparatus for long line haulers
A control device to prevent or limit gangion enwrapment on long lines including means mounting a line-deflecting guide roller to vary the angular relationship between the roller axis and the plane...
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4061387 |
Net-raising tool
A net-raising tool for use in raising fish nets, either empty or laden with fish. A series of dull, net-engaging hooks are located at one end of each of a series of several parallel tines. The...
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4054265 |
Device for gripping ropes, cables or wires
The device is in the nature of a winch, particularly for use on sailing yachts as a sheet or anchor winch, and in which the rope or the like to be gripped is guided over a driven member comprising...
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4051690 |
Method and apparatus for freezing fish
A continuous output brine freezing system is disclosed particularly applicable to the freezing of large fish such as tuna on board fishing vessels. The vessels include a series of fish freezing...
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4032113 |
Winches for hauling on board purse nets or similar fishing devices
Winches for hauling on board fishing vessels purse nets or similar fishing devices. The nets are pulled by frictional engagement with at least two rollers rotatable in mutually opposite directions...
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4028821 |
Apparatus for dredging from the stern of marine vessels
A dredge for operation from the stern of marine vessels and of the type having runners which enable it to be moved along a ramp at the stern of a marine vessel is provided with structure for...
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3974923 |
Tilting ramp assembly for fishing vessels
Tilting ramp assembly for fitting to fishing vessel for assisting in raising fishing nets, and launching and recovery of small boats. Assembly has fixed portion secured adjacent the stern of the...
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3964730 |
Seine-hauling power blocks
A power block is mounted above the deck of a trawler for hauling in seine to be piled on the deck. Rollers mounted on the power block are engageable by a seine looped over the sheave of the power...
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3962811 |
Chain component
A shackle component for use in a fishing trawl in the form of a pair of shackles or clevises arranged in back-to-back relationship with the free ends of the arms of each extending away from each...
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3962810 |
Stopper for use in trawling gear
A stopper component for use in trawling equipment which is made of metal and has one end formed to resemble a chain link, an opposite end in the form of a shackle and a central portion intermediate...
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3959909 |
Kelly's eye component for a fishing trawl
A Kelly's Eye component for a fishing trawl is disclosed, the component being formed of metal and having one end in the form of a ring defining an aperture which is sufficiently large to allow...
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3942655 |
Lobster trap davit
A davit which is particularly useful in hoisting lobster traps from water onto a gunwale of a lobster boat, comprises a hoist arm; an essentially perpendicularly extending member in a substantially...
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3909972 |
Collapsible shrimp net accessory for boats
A collapsible shrimp net accessory for standard, recreational type pleasure boats including two side, wingtype nets which can be folded forwardly 90° for storage alongside the forward bow portion...
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3882627 |
Dragnet folding device
A device for folding a dragnet on a deck includes a pair of rotors between which a dragrope is introduced and a reciprocatable reel driven by a reciprocatable gear to releasably wind a control rope...
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3861651 |
DEVICE FOR HAULING DRAGNET
A device for hauling a dragnet, comprising a pair of ball rotors having elastic surfaces mutually depressed and through which a dragrope is hauled, the dragrope being connected with a dragnet.
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